Next year we are growing sweet potatoes in the garden because this year I finally fell in love with them in the kitchen! You might have seen my creamy Sweet Potato soup last week, well now I’m back with a Sweet Potato Casserole in Mini individual size!
Mini Sweet Potato Casserole
These MINI Sweet Potato Casseroles With Brown Sugar Pecan Topping are so cute and so delicious! Everyone gets to eat their own mini casserole so they’re going to be a hit at the next holiday dinner! Let’s talk sweet potatoes first, ok? The way to bring out the flavor of sweet potatoes isn’t by boiling them, but by baking them! Trust me on this! If you did a taste test with a boiled and baked sweet potato, and then mashed it, you would absolutely agree that the baked sweet potato is SO much better!
Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
So for this recipe, we’re going to bake the sweet potatoes first before mashing for the casserole. Yes, I know, it’s one additional step, but it’s WORTH IT! I would never make you do more work if the pay off wasn’t big! To bake the sweet potatoes preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grab your sweet potatoes and pierce them with a fork a few times (fun holiday stress activity!). Place the sweet potatoes on a cookie sheet and bake for 90 minutes. Remove the potatoes from the oven. Hold the sweet potatoes with a potholder (they’re hot!) and the potato will pop right out of it’s skin. Discard the skin. Use a potato masher or hand mixer to mash the sweet potatoes. It’s that easy! Once your sweet potatoes are baked then we’re ready to begin making these mini casseroles! If you’re worried about the extra 90 minutes of baking time, you could bake these sweet potatoes a day in advance so they’re all ready for you!
Sweet Potato Caserole With Pecans
These mini casseroles are so rich with flavor thanks to the butter, sugar (white and brown!), cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg! Close your eyes and think of how great they smell! Yup, that amazing! And with the pecans – they’re even more yummy!
Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole
The mini casserole dishes I use are 6 ounce in sizes which are perfect for individual portions. I always feel like guests really appreciate individual casseroles during the holidays so it adds to the holiday spirit of showing loved ones how special they are to you! Also, this prevents you from eating half of a pecan pie! These single portions are much more healthy for you, and leaves you room to enjoy other desserts if they’re on the table! 😉
Enjoy these MINI Sweet Potato Casseroles With Brown Sugar Pecan Topping! Looking for more Sweet Potato Recipes? Try my Sweet Potato Cookies and Sweet Potato Soup! Pin for later:
