Yam Casserole

Creamy yams with fall spices and crunchy, buttery pecans create a decadent Southern classic! Delight your family with the perfect balance of crunchy, creamy, and sweet in every forkful. It's a holiday staple you'll want to make all year long!

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Southern

Diet Gluten Free

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 50

Total Time 1 5

Servings

Calories 398kcal

Author Imma

Ingredients

3 pounds (1.3k) sweet potatoes
4 tablespoons (60g) unsalted butter
¼ cup (53g) brown sugar
¼ cup (60ml) maple syrup
1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon (5ml) vanilla extract
½ cup pecans, coarsely chopped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350℉/177℃.
Preheat the oven to 350℉/177℃. Lightly grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray. Wash, peel, and dice the yams or sweet potatoes into ¾-inch cubes or bite-size chunks. Place the sweet potato cubes in the prepared casserole dish.
Combine the butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, cloves, and salt in a small bowl. Microwave for about 30 seconds, until the butter melts, then stir well.
Pour the butter mixture over the sweet potatoes in the casserole dish, add vanilla, and stir to coat.
Cover the casserole pan with aluminum foil, transfer it to the oven, and roast for 30 minutes.
While the sweet potatoes are roasting, roughly chop the pecans. After baking it for 30 minutes, add the chopped pecans, give everything a good stir, and roast for 15-20 minutes more uncovered. The sweet potatoes will be soft, and the liquid in the casserole dish will reduce to a sticky candy coating.
Serve hot, and enjoy.

Notes

Look for small or medium-sized sweet potatoes to get the ultimate creamy casserole. They should be firm and have smooth skin without any soft spots.
No time to chop the pecans? Just throw them in the food processor and blitz them! It'll save time, and the pecan pieces will be smaller and more uniform.
If you refrigerate the unbaked casserole, take it out of the fridge about 30 minutes before cooking. Room-temperature casseroles cook more evenly.
Please remember that the nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary significantly based on the products used in the recipe.

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