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Sweet potato casserole in a baking dish, from ShelfCooking.com
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5 from 2 votes

Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

Here's your new favorite side dish for Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or just because! It goes well with ham, turkey, pork chops, chicken, or completely by itself.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: brown sugar, marshmallow, sweet potato, vanilla extract
Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 6 medium sweet potatoes, baked and skinned
  • 4 Tbsp butter, softened
  • ¼ cup brown sugar, packed
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 Tbsp cinnamon
  • 2 large eggs
  • 32 oz marshmallows

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease a 9x13 dish.
  • In a mixing bowl, add sweet potatoes, butter, sugar, milk, vanilla, salt, and eggs. Beat until smooth and transfer to the dish.
  • Bake for 15 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and add marshmallows on top of the sweet potato mixture.
  • Put back in the oven and bake for 2-3 minutes or until the marshmallows are golden brown.

Notes

*If the marshmallows aren't browning well, turn the oven to broil. Just be careful that you don't over do it! Definitely don't walk away from your oven or you'll end up crying because your marshmallows went from puffy clouds to charred, burnt ruins.