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Sweet Potato Casserole

This is a similar recipe to the casserole served at Ruth's Chris Steak House.

Course Side Dish
Cuisine American

Ingredients

Crust:

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/3 cup butter melted

Sweet Potato Mixture:

  • 3 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes see Note
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs well beaten
  • 1/2 cup butter melted (1 stick)

Instructions

The Crust Topping

  1. Combine brown sugar, flour, nuts and butter in mixing bowl. Chill in the fridge until ready to use. This helps the crumble maintain its form and not melt into the sweet potatoes.

Pressure Cook the Sweet Potatoes

  1. Wash the sweet potatoes and peel, then cube the potatoes into small even sized pieces and add them to the pressure cooker along with 1 cup of water

  2. Add the lid, seal the vent and cook on high pressure for 10 minutes

  3. Open release valve when timer elapses, no need to wait. Then drain water and add cooked potatoes to a bowl and mash.

Bring it all together

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a medium-size casserole dish with nonstick spray.

  2. Combine mashed sweet potatoes, sugar, salt, vanilla, eggs and butter in a large mixing bowl in the order listed. Beat thoroughly with a hand mixer for about 3-4 minutes to increase the fluffiness of the sweet potato mixture. Add a splash of milk if needed and mix.

  3. Pour mixture into the baking dish (I use around a 2 quart dish). Bake for 25 minutes. At this point, dish can be covered and refrigerated for a couple of days if making ahead of time.

  4. *If you refrigerated ahead of time make sure to reheat the potatoes again before adding the crust - around 10-20 minutes.

  5. Sprinkle the surface of the sweet potato mixture evenly with the crust mixture and return to oven for 10-20 minutes or until crumble is browned. Allow to set at least 30 minutes before serving.

  6. The brown sugar and pecan crust should be slightly browned and crunchy. Makes 10 servings.

Recipe Notes

Note: 3 cups sweet potatoes is about 3-4 large sweet potatoes. To cook sweet potatoes first wash and dry them carefully then you can either: 1) Bake them at 400 degrees for 50-60 minutes (my preferred method) 2) Boil them for 30 minutes or 3) Pierce them with a fork and microwave them for about 15-20 minutes.