Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

No Thanksgiving is complete in my family without some overly sweet dessert-like sweet potatoes! This recipe is sure to delight everyone from the youngest to the oldest. The combination of brown sugar, butter, cloves, and ginger gives the sweet potatoes an almost decadent flavor. Tasting Guidelines: Taste is very sweet. Weight is medium. Texture is soft. Good for people with low to moderate treatment side effects. Emotional response of a delicious holiday dessert. Best categorized as traditional American.

sweet potato casserole recipe for cancer and chemotherapy by chef ryan callahan and cooking for chemo
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Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

No Thanksgiving is complete in my family without some overly sweet dessert-like sweet potatoes! This recipe is sure to delight everyone from the youngest to the oldest. The combination of brown sugar, butter, cloves, and ginger gives the sweet potatoes an almost decadent flavor. Tasting Guidelines: Taste is very sweet. Weight is medium. Texture is soft. Good for people with low to moderate treatment side effects. Emotional response of a delicious holiday dessert. Best categorized as traditional American.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Course: Holiday, Side Dish, Thanksgiving
Cuisine: American
Keyword: marshmellows, recipes, sweet potato casserole, sweet potatoes, Thanksgiving
Servings: 6 people
Author: Chef Ryan Callahan
Cost: $10

Equipment

  • potato peeler
  • large casserole baking dish
  • Cutting board
  • Chef's knife

Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 3 lbs. sweet potatoes peeled and cut evenly into quarters
  • ½ c. butter or margarine
  • 1 package marshmallows small marshmallows

Flavor Balancers:

  • Kosher salt
  • brown sugar

Aromatics:

  • ½ tsp. ginger ground
  • ½ tsp. vanilla
  • ½ tsp. cloves

Instructions

  • Mix butter and peeled, cut sweet potatoes thoroughly in a casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees F until sweet potatoes are fork tender, about 45-60 minutes. Remove from oven. Mash sweet potatoes thoroughly. Mix in brown sugar, honey, vanilla, ginger, and cloves. Smooth mashed sweet potatoes into pan. Thoroughly top with marshmallows. Return to oven until marshmallows are lightly golden brown.

Notes

Roasting the sweet potatoes as opposed to boiling them adds a wonderful roasted quality to the dish that you can only get by roasting the sweet potatoes. The key here is to keep tossing the sweet potatoes in the butter until they are fork tender and thoroughly browned.

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