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Cinnamon. Streusel. Swirled. Maple. Sweet. Potato. Casserole. The BEST.
I donโt often share many side dish recipes with you guys. I donโt know why this is, because side dishes are delicious, but for whatever reason I almost never doโฆthat is except in the month of November, when sides absolutely need to be discussed.
Everyone has their favorite Thanksgiving side, or maybe sidesโฆ
I came across this Huffington Post article that actually broke down what the most loved Thanksgiving side dishes are. To my surprise, stuffing came in first, followed by mashed potatoes. I for sure thought mashed potatoes would have beaten out all other sides, but then I donโt like stuffing all that much. However, I do love mashed potatoes, and of course, sweet potatoes.
Sweet potato casserole came in third, but you guys, I donโt know, Iโm thinking it needs to be higher up on the list. It might just be my personal favorite Thanksgiving side dish.
Every Thanksgiving I love putting a slightly new spin on the classic sweet potato casserole. In years past Iโve done sweet potato casserole boats, bourbon sweet potato casserole with sweet โnโ savory bacon pecans, lighter sweet potato casserole, and roasted sweet potatoes with maple butter.
This year, I wanted something a little more classic, but with my own little twistโฆor two.
This sweet potato casserole is everything. Sweet, but not in an intense, canโt take more than a few bites way. Itโs light, buttery, and swirled with the most delicious cinnamon streusel, that makes this casserole the best! If you love any form of sweet potato casserole, and you love cinnamon, you clearly need to make this recipe.
You do.
Hereโs the deal.
The sweet potatoes themselves are a simple mix of roasted sweet potatoes, whipped up with a touch of maple, cinnamon, vanilla, browned butter, and a little heavy cream. I like to whip the sweet potatoes a bit to ensure they are light and airy before baking. Simple, but good.
What Iโve never been able to understand, is why no one adds cinnamon to their sweet potatoes. This is something my grandma always did and itโs something I will carry on. When creating this recipe, I thought of the streusel from this pumpkin coffee cake. I got to thinking, โwhy not make the casserole kind of like a coffee cake and layer the streusel throughout the dish?โ.ย It seemed like a pretty smart idea, so I went with it, and you know, it turned out pretty good.
Just like a coffee cake, I did a layer of streusel in the center and then another layer on top. Meaning, buttery, cinnamon goodness swirled throughout the entire casserole.
SO. GOOD.ย ย
And then, as if all this streusel business was not enough, I finished off the top of this casserole with a drizzle of browned maple butter. I mean, I figured itโs Thanksgiving, go big or go home, right?
Yes. Right. Of course.
I canโt believe that todayโs sweet potato casserole is one of the last few recipes Iโll be sharing as a part of my 2017 Thanksgiving Menu! So hard to believe Thanksgiving is almost here. I only have a few more recipes to add and then itโs go-time. How are everyoneโs menus coming along!?
Iโm spending this week preparing content for the next couple weeks on HBH. Heading to Cleveland in a week, so lots of running around, cooking, and plenty of holiday shoots happening this week!
Lastly, all you Colorado readers, Iโm doing a book signing in Edwards at the Bookworm of Edwards tomorrow night. The signing starts at 6pm and there will be plenty of food from the cookbook. Iโll be there demonstrating how to make one of my favorite appetizers, pan-fried feta with marinated olives. Itโs going to be a fun and delicious night.
Canโt wait to meet some of you!
Cinnamon Streusel Swirled Maple Sweet Potato Casserole
Ingredients
- 4 medium sweet potatoes
- 1/4 cup real maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 4 tablespoons salted butter, melted
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
Streusel
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup real maple syrup
- 1 cup raw walnuts, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 8 tablespoons cold butter, cubed
Instructions
- 1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish or a dish slighly smaller (no less than 2 quarts).2. Poke a few holes in the sweet potatoes and bake for 1 hour or until soft and tender. When the sweet potatoes are cooked, slice them in half and allow to cool. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.3. Peel the skins away from the sweet potatoes and mash well in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, heavy cream, butter, and eggs, mixing until combined.4. To make the streusel. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Add 6 tablespoons butter and use your fingers to mix the butter into the flour until a crumble forms. Stir in 1/4 cup maple syrup and the walnuts.5. Pour half the sweet potatoes into the prepared dish. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the streusel. Spread the remaining sweet potatoes over top and sprinkle the remaining streusel evenly over the top of the sweet potatoes. Transfer to the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes or until the top is dark golden. 6. Meanwhile, in a small sauce pan, brown the remaining 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Stir in the remaining maple syrup. 7. Just before serving, drizzle the browned maple butter over the casserole. Serve warm.
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Mmmmmm, do you see that streusel though? Streusel is always a good ideaโฆalways!
Absolutely love these sweet potatoes! They have been requested for every extended family meal since 2024
Hey Cassandra,
Happy Sunday! I appreciate you making this recipe and your comment, so glad it turned out well for you!
Iโm excited to make this recipe for my families Thanksgiving today but my daughter is allergic to eggs. Iโm wondering what you think would be the best replacement for them in this recipe or if you think I can skip them completely? Thank you so much!
Hi Macey,
I would go ahead and skip the eggs. I hope you love this recipe! Happy Thanksgiving!
Unreasonably good. You are amazing. This is going in the annual rotation
Hey Jessica,
Thanks so much for making this recipe, I am so glad it was a winner! Happy Holidays!
Love this recipe! Over the past two years I have converted sweet potato haters into lovers with this casserole! Any suggestions for prepping a day or two in advance?
Thanks so much, Emily! Love to hear your family has been enjoying this recipe! You could make in advance and then just reheat on the day of for serving!
Hi! Made this last year and it was a HUGE hit! Going to try and make it gluten free this Thanksgiving for my mom – should I use the same amount of almond flour as the recipe calls for regular flour and if not, how much should I use? Or is there another GF flour you recommend?
Hi Annie,
Love to hear this! Thanks a bunch for making this recipe and your comment! I would use the same amount of flour:)
Happy Sunday!
Hi Annie – I have celiac disease and make this every year, I use a 1:1 GF flour. I personally buy Cup4Cup but any 1:1 will work!
I’m attempting to make it but the recipe does not divide up the ingredients where they go for the sweetest potato and then the struesel so im trying to figure out the appropriate amounts of butter, syrup and flour for them both individually! Wish me luck! I have decided to sit down and reread several times but it’s not written correctly! Sounds Devine though ๐ฆโฅ๏ธ๐ฆ
Hi Laura,
Sorry for any confusion! The list of ingredients is divided up for you:) The streusel is labeled, so you can follow as written.
Iโm bummed to leave this review, but I have tried to make this recipe two years in a row (sometimes doubling it, thus trying the streusel top more than once) and I have quite literally never had the streusel turn out. Last year, the maple syrup liquified it and because of that, this year, I left it out altogether hoping for a better outcome and it still turned into this weird, hard, almost crust on top of the casserole? I donโt know what Iโm missing because I LOVE e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g Half Baked Harvest and have more than one recipe in our familyโs regular dinner rotation, as well as a cookbook I love, but after two years of failing this one Iโm going to have to move on. Super bummed because it sounds INCREDIBLE if you can get it figured out right and I love anything with streusel (how can you not?!) but this one just continues to prove a miss for me – even with the help of my kitchen-savvy and much more experienced cooking + baking wiz of a mother in law.
Hey Kait! Oh my gosh, hmmm. I am so confused and kind of stumped. This is so weird. Are you changing any ingredients? What brand maple are using? Is your oven cooking dishes high or low do you know? Does the casserole turn out well and the streusel not? Anymore detail? Maybe email over some photos and I can better help you because I honestly have no idea. I AM SO SORRY! I feel bad and want to figure this one out for you!