penny's sweet potato casserole
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After using the same sweet potato recipe for 30+ years, this Thanksgiving (2012) I decided to try something different. My usual recipe uses quartered small sweet potatoes,a spicy/slighty sweet sauce of brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg, butter and both lemons and orange juice. I looked through all the sweet potato casserole recipes on this site (and allrecipes.com) - but I just couldn't find one that seemed to "fit" my family. Couldn't be too sweet and had to have a zing of citrus. So this is what I devised from multiple recipes. We loved it, especially the zip from the citrus zests.
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prep time
1 Hr
cook time
35 Min
method
Bake
yield
10-12 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 8 medium sweet potatoes
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs, slight beaten
- 1/4 cup evaporated milk or half and half
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoons very soft butter
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- - zest from a medium-large orange
- TOPPING
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 tablespoons very cold butter
- 6 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- - zest from a medium large lemon
How To Make penny's sweet potato casserole
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Step 1Clean and wrap the sweet potatoes in aluminum foil. Bake in a 350 degree oven until soft, about 40-45 minutes. Remove from oven, remove foil and allow to cool until they cool enough to handle, but are still warm. Remove the skins.
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Step 2In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla, orange juice.
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Step 3Put the sweet potatoes in a large bowl and hand mash with the soft butter, spices and brown sugar. Blend in the egg mixture. Stir in the orange zest. Place the sweet potato mixture in a 9" x 13" buttered casserole.
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Step 4Make the topping by cutting the butter into the flour in a small bowl until you have pea-sized pieces. add the spices and pecans. Stir in the lemon zest.
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Step 5Sprinkle the topping evenly over the sweet potatoes and bake for about 30 minutes until the topping is browned and crunchy.
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Step 6*Note - if you like very smooth potatoes, in step 3 you can use a hand mixer to whip up the sweet potato mixture. We tend to like more texture to our food, so I just hand mash.
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