Best Ever Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
This Best Ever Sweet Potato Casserole has it all - deliciously creamy sweet potatoes with tangy pineapple topped with a crunchy crumble layer. Its sure to become a family favorite at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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I found the basis for this recipe the first year I was married - 27 years ago. As time has passed, I have tweaked it, healthified it and now it is - The Best Ever Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe (if I do say so myself).
This sweet potato casserole recipe started as a sickening sweet,
almost dessert-like casserole, but through many Thanksgiving holidays and Christmases I have changed it and it has now morphed into this amazing side dish.
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I used to LOVE the sickening sweet version, but now as I have changed my behavior, my tastes have changed, too. I want to taste the sweetness of the sweet potatoes and pineapple, not the sugar.
I have never been one for the marshmallow topped, ooey, gooey dish. Who created that recipe anyway? I much prefer this crunchy, creamy, full of texture and deliciousness one.
I'm going to give you the long, healthier version of this sweet potato casserole, but if you are crunched for time (no judgement here), then open a can of sweet potatoes and pineapple (organic, if possible) and save yourself some time.
Don't let the long list of ingredients scare you. Most likely, you have a lot of these in your cupboard and its so worth it!
Ready to get cooking? Here you go!
Best Ever Sweet Potato Casserole
Ingredients
- 3 cups sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ cup coconut milk (full fat)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup pineapple, chopped
- 2 tablespoon chia seeds
- 5 tablespoons water
Crumble Topping
- 4 tablespoons old fashioned oats
- ½ cup pecans, chopped
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- In a small bowl make chia eggs by adding 5 tablespoons water to 2 tablespoons chia seeds and let sit for 5 minutes until thick.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine sweet potatoes, sugar, coconut milk, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ground cloves.
- Mix in pineapple and chia eggs and transfer to a large baking dish.
- In a medium mixing bowl, mix in oats, brown sugar, pecans, flour, cinnamon, salt, and coconut oil. Mix until moistened. Add a small amount of water if necessary. Sprinkle over sweet potato mixture.
- Bake 30 minutes, or until the topping is lightly browned.
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P.S. If you love sweet potatoes you will LOVE this Sweet Potato Salad recipe, too!
Good morning, Cindy! Your sweet potato casserole looks scrumptious and I so love a crunchy topping. Thanks for sharing your healthy, updated casserole recipe with us on an old favorite!
Thanks for your comment Kitty!
This sounds delicious! I love what you said about it not being "sickeningly sweet," we feel that way too after eating low carb for two years! Thank you for a great recipe with wholesome ingredients! Happy Holidays, xoxo, Andrea
Thanks for your comment Andrea! I hope you try it and love it as much as we do!
Hi Cindy, WOW this looks delicious. I like something like this that's not too sweet and healthy too. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I've so enjoyed my visit to your blog. Enjoy the last day of our recipe hop and have a Happy Thanksgiving soon.
Thanks for visiting and commenting Celestina! I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving, too!
I have never been a fan of overly sweet casseroles, especially the ones topped with marshmallows, shudder! Your use of pineapple is a great way to add sweetness in a healthy way. Your weight loss journey is impressive, as is your dedication to healthy cooking. It was fun hopping with you and meeting you, Cindy!
Thanks for your kind words and for visiting Jenna! Great hopping with you, too!
Cindy, yummy recipe. So glad that you made it a little healthier for us. It was a pleasaure meeting you at BlogHer Food and I'm so happy that you were a part of the Holiday Recipe Blog Hop.
Thanks for including me in your Blog Hop Carol! It was lovely meeting you, too!
Cindy, this looks yummy! What a perfect holiday recipe! Thanks so much for sharing, and I hope that you have a wonderful day!!!
Thanks Shannon! I appreciate it!
Ok, wow, I LOVE YOUR BLOG. I share similar information about eating real food, fresh, organic... aka food that won't poison you! My husband is the fitness coach so I let him share the exercise stuff, lol. Sweet potatoes are our fav, and I was actually looking around for a new recipe for Thanksgiving. I'll have to give this one a try! Thanks for sharing! Happy to connect with another like minded lady!
Hi Jennifer, I love your blog, too! It is fun to find like-minded bloggers, so let's stay in touch!
This sounds really good! And I love that it's a healthy alternative! Congratulations on your weight loss! That is amazing! I need to check out more of your recipes! Glad to have found you, thanks to being a participant of the Holiday Recipes Blog Hop! ~Rhonda
Thanks Rhonda!
This looks and sounds delish! Sometimes, sweet potato casseroles can be way to sweet. Yours sounds like a happy balance. Thanks for sharing. Happy Fall. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Thanks Kathryn!
Cindy,
Crunchy toppings win with me. Your recipe looks wonderful, but still has some sweetness. Putting this in my recipe box...
Judith
I hope you love it as much as I do! Thanks!
This looks yummy! I'm definitely going to try this recipe this weekend.
I hope you love it Lucie!
YES! If I could choose to eat only one thing for the rest of my life, I'm pretty confident that I would choose sweet potatoes! I love them so much! And this casserole is just so mouth watering! great, now I want to have some sweet potatoes...
Thanks Maria! Enjoy!
This looks incredible! Definitely going to have to give it a try!LI
Thanks Liz! I hope you enjoy it!
I love sweet potatoes! I never cook them enough though! This is a great way to change that as the recipe sounds so tasty
I hope you love it as much as I do!
I am not a fan of sweet potatoes, but after sharing this with my hubby, it looks like it will be on my Thanksgiving menu. Thank you for the share.
Maybe you'll enjoy the way these sweet potatoes are prepared. Fingers crossed!
I'm not a fan of sweet potatoes, but my husband and daughter are. I think they just might love this dish!
Maybe this recipe will change your mind Emily!
This dish looks very delicious. I'm not a very good cook, but I would love to invite my friends over and prepare this together! I'm sure it would be a fun activity.
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I actually love sweet potato and sometimes just roast it to get a smoky flavour to eat. This one my kids used to eat when they were young and perfect for winters.
I love how you've transformed this casserole by adding pineapple and pecan nuts! The acidity of the pineapple balances really nicely the sweetness of the sweet potatoes.
I think the pineapple is amazing in this dish! Thanks Joanna!
Good morning, Cindy! This sounds so delicious . Bookmarking this recipe this very minute.
I hope you love it Sue!
Sweet potato is a food that I've been trying to convince myself is good but have fallen epicly on the matter. I have tried so many different recipes and non have seemed to work, Perhaps this is the one that will curb my feeling towards to little orange suckers.
Fingers crossed Cia!
The past few years I have grown to love sweet potatoes! This looks so good and I can't wait to try it!
They are yummy Kimberly! Enjoy!
This looks so yummy, I am surely going to try it. I am always looking for sweet potatoes recipe.
Thanks Beola! Enjoy!
I love sweet potato so this sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing, I just might have to try it out.
I think you'll love it Ellie!
I love cooking with sweet potatoes...they add such a healthy twist to the dinner!
I love them, too!
I've never tasted a casserole, but this article is perfect for my buddies, they take cuisine courses!
I love sweet potatoes..your recipe looks so easy to cook..I am thinking to cook it for family dinner on Thanksgiving day.
It's perfect for Thanksgiving! Enjoy!
This Sweet Potato Casserole looks so amazing and yummy. I would love to try this for my family, they will love this for sure.
These look so delicious. I am all in for crunchy, creamy and full of texture. I am going to save this recipe for holidays.
I hope your family loves it as much as we do!
I just saw the mention of casserole in Stranger Thing and I was wondering what it is! There you are showing me what it is, and the way you describe it really make me yearn for some!
Oh, myy! This looks so delicious. I need to try making this, it doesn't look too hard to make 😀
Thanks Ana! It's not hard at all and its so worth it!
I so love a crunchy topping. These look so delicious. I love your blog and healthy recipes
Thanks Josselyn! I love a crunchy topping, too!
I have never had a sweet potato casserole and it looks and sounds delicious. This would be a perfect dish for thanksgiving for sure.
This looks delcious! And you know me I’m ALL about the fresh produce!!