Aunt Pat’s Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

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My Aunt Pat is world famous for her delicious Sweet Potato Casserole with Oatmeal Topping. It’s rich and flavorful and southern and good! I remember her making it year after year for our family get-togethers and somehow it just made the meal super special. Now I’m sharing Aunt Pat’s Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe with you! And speaking of sweet potato casserole, if you’re cooking Thanksgiving dinner (or any special holiday meal), check out this stress-free Thanksgiving dinner checklist!

I love spending time with my family and my Aunt Pat has always held a super special place in my heart.

A few years ago, she put together a family recipe book and she included this recipe. It’s super special to get to have it and make it for my family now.

I have made a few changes to her recipe over the years. The flavor of this sweet potato dish puts those canned lumps covered in marshmallows to shame. Another great thing about the casserole is that it’s made with real food ingredients, which I am all about!

Aunt Pat used bourbon in her sweet potatoes, but I never have any around my house, so I have always just left that out. I have had it both ways, and can honestly tell you, I can’t really tell the difference.

We grow our own sweet potatoes for this dish. 

For another twist on sweet potato dessert, try this sweet potato pie ice cream.

Southern sweet potato casserole

Step one is to roast and mash 3-4 Cups of sweet potatoes. I just wash them off and toss them in the oven at 350 and roast for about an hour or when they are fork tender. It depends on the size of your potatoes how long they will take to roast, but you want them nice and soft.

Sweet potato casserole with oat topping

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Aunt Pat’s Sweet Potato Casserole

Delicious, sweet, crunchy topped sweet potato dish that is to die for. Make it for your special occasion!

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Total Time2 hours hrs

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: holiday meals, sweet potato casserole with oatmeal topping, thanksgiving side dish

Servings: 8

Author: Christina Kamp

Ingredients

• 3-4 c. sweet potatoes mashed
• 1/2 c. raw sugar
• 1/2 c. melted butter
• pinch salt
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1/3 c. bourbon optional
• 1/2 c. whipping cream
• 1/3 c. melted butter
• 1 c. raw sugar
• 1/2 c. flour
• 1 c. chopped pecans I am allergic to tree nuts, so I replace this with old fashioned rolled oats

Instructions

• Roast and mash sweet potatoes. (I dump them into my kitchen aid and mix them up good)
• Mix 1/2 c. raw sugar, 1/2 c. melted butter, salt, eggs, bourbon and whipping cream together with sweet potatoes.
• Put into a 9 x 13 baking dish.
• Mix rest of ingredients and sprinkle over top of potato mixture.
• Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

Notes

Adapted from Pat and LD Barney

I know this recipe will knock your socks off. You will never want to go back to canned sweet potatoes again. When you’re making it, think about my sweet Aunt Pat and all the love she put into cooking it for my family. It’s good stuff!

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