How to make sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving & Christmas Dinner

Sweet potato casserole is a great side dish for any meal but no Thanksgiving dinner would be complete without it.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• sweet potatoes
• orange juice
• cinnamon
• sugar
• brown sugar
• flour
• marshmallows or walnuts
• butter or margarine

1. Boil 4 largish sweet potatoes. Once they have cooled, remove the jackets. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
   In a large bowl, add sweet potatoes and 1/4 cup of margarine or butter and mash well. Add 1 cup of sugar and 1-1/2 tsp. cinnamon. Add 1/4 cup of flour. Add 1/4 c. of orange juice. Mix well and put the mixture into a casserole baking dish.

2. TOPPINGS
   Marshmallow Topping:
   My children like sweet potato casserole with marshmallows. You can add a layer of marshmallows (mini marshmallows are easier to work with) before putting the sweet potato casserole in the oven.
   Delicious walnut or pecan topping:
   Mix 1-1/2 c. brown sugar and 1/3 cup of flour well. Mix with 1/2 cup of melted margarine or butter. Once it's mixed well, add 1 cup of walnuts or pecans. Spread mixture over the top of the sweet potato casserole and bake.

3. Cook at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Tips & Warnings

• The cooked dish comes out very hot and cools slowly so give it a few minutes to cool before putting it on the table.

[PaulMcDaniel]

on 11/17/2008 This sounds delicious!! Thanks!