Sweet Potato Casserole (revamped)
Posted by Rooted Katie on Nov 14, 2011 in Blog | 7 comments
Serves 6
Filling:
2.5 pounds sweet potatoes, cleaned and cubed
¼ c. maple syrup
¼ c. unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
¼ tsp. ground ginger + nutmeg
1/8 tsp. sea salt
2 T. coconut oil or ghee (clarified butter), melted
Topping:
½ c. pecans
¼ c. rolled oats (Gluten free if possible)
¼ c. unsweetened coconut flakes
¾ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg + ground ginger
pinch of sea salt
2 T. coconut oil, melted
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large saucepan cook sweet potatoes in water over medium-high heat for about 20 minutes, or until you can easily pierce them with a fork. Drain, place in bowl and add remaining filling ingredients. Whip (by hand or with mixer) until smooth. Spread into a medium size casserole dish.
3. Mix together all topping ingredients in a small bowl. Spread evenly on top of filling.
4. Bake in preheated oven for about 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve immediately or keep warm with foil topping.
NOTE: Dish can be made a head of time (through step 3) and popped in the oven and cooked for 15 minutes just before serving.
Mmm! I think we made this three times over the holidays and quite a few people said it was the best recipe they had ever had. Thanks very much!
Sarah
Sarah, I love this!!!
so glad you guys enjoyed it as much as we do! AND so fun to get a message from you. Hope to see you at upcoming WF classes!
I love mango smoothies, I have come up with quite a nbuemr of mango smoothie recipes myself! I haven’t tried coconut milk on it though. I find it too heavy on dishes, so I never really thought of trying it here especially when it’s going to be raw. But then again, I love mango smoothies so much that I would like to give this a try, lol! Let’s see what will happen, good luck to my tummy, lol!
Emma,Maybe, I should be more sfiicpec about the coconut milk. It can be quite heavy for me, too. I’m experimenting with So Delicious Coconut Milk, which is not canned and it’s packaged like a milk carton. It’s sold in the refrigerator section, near the soy milk. It’s a fairly new product. The coconut flavor is slightly noticable. Thanks, for commenting!sw
I love, love smoothies, but I think my dathguer’s love them even more! Mango smoothies are at the top of the list at my house, but I hadn’t thought about putting unsweetened coconut milk in there! Brilliant idea and most likely give the recipe a great depth of flavor. Thanks for sharing!