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Sweet Potato Pineapple Casserole + Video

November 18, 2017

Sweet potato pineapple casserole is sweet, but not too sweet, and is topped with ALL the good stuff. It’s a perfect Thanksgiving side dish! Scroll down for video!

Sweet potato pineapple casserole is sweet, but not too sweet, and is topped with ALL the good stuff. It's a perfect Thanksgiving side dish! | Recipe from Chattavore.com

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Sweet Potato Pineapple Casserole

I didn’t grow up eating sweet potato pineapple casserole. For the first 22+ years of my life I didn’t eat sweet potatoes at all, not even the sweet potato casserole that my expert cook grandmother made every Thanksgiving. I was convinced I hated sweet potatoes, though I’m pretty sure I first tried sweet potatoes at my first teaching job, where our lunches were provided for us and we were expected to eat what the children ate. I ate canned sweet potatoes. And I liked them.
Sweet potato pineapple casserole is sweet, but not too sweet, and is topped with ALL the good stuff. It's a perfect Thanksgiving side dish! | Recipe from Chattavore.com

Flaming Sweet Potatoes

My very best sweet potato casserole story, which I mentioned once in a biscuit post, was our first Thanksgiving in our house. Philip’s sister brought a sweet potato casserole and had to brown the top of the marshmallows, so she stuck it under our broiler. In our 1970s oven. The broiler was in a drawer on the bottom of the oven. That’s right, you guys. Next to the floor. Let’s put flames right by the floor. Makes perfect sense. The top of the casserole went up in flames in less than a minute. Good thing marshmallows are tasty even when burned.
Sweet potato pineapple casserole is sweet, but not too sweet, and is topped with ALL the good stuff. It's a perfect Thanksgiving side dish! | Recipe from Chattavore.com

How to Top It??

I’ve never followed a recipe to make a sweet potato casserole, but I like my potatoes fresh, not canned, and sweeteners to a minimum. The canned pineapple in this sweet potato pineapple casserole rounds out the sweetness of the sweet potatoes pretty much perfectly, though you can add a little brown sugar or maple syrup if you really feel it needs it. I don’t add sweeteners, but I could never choose between marshmallows or brown sugar and pecans, so I have to overload on the toppings.

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Yield: 9-12 servings

Sweet Potato & Pineapple Casserole

45 minPrep Time:

1 hr, 30 Cook Time:

2 hr, 15 Total Time:

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Ingredients

  • 4 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed
  • 8 ounce can crushed pineapple, with juices
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 3 tablespoons heavy cream, half-and-half, or milk
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4-1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup miniature marshmallows

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Lightly oil the outside of the sweet potatoes. Bake for one hour or until a paring knife easily passes all the way through to the center. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees and cool the sweet potatoes for about 30 minutes.
  2. Use a potato ricer to press out the cooked sweet potato into an 8-inch square baking pan or peel the sweet potatoes and mash the flesh into the pan. Stir in the pineapple, butter, cream/half-and-half/milk, and cinnamon (you can add a little brown sugar or maple syrup at this point if you don’t think it’s sweet enough, but I thought the pineapple made it plenty sweet). Spread evenly into the pan.
  3. Sprinkle the pecans evenly over the top of the sweet potatoes then follow with the brown sugar and last the marshmallows. Bake for 25 minutes then turn the oven to broil and broil until the marshmallows reach desired brownness. Serve immediately.
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Comments

  1. pragati says

    November 18, 2014 at 8:54 am

    Love sweet potatoes but never combined them with pineapple. This recipe is a must try though because I see that you are using a lot less sugar. I would just eat a mash of this happily, without baking it :)
    Reply
    • Chattavore says

      November 18, 2014 at 8:17 pm

      It was quite delicious! The lower sugar content is exactly why I used pineapple (well, besides the additional flavor). Hope you try it and love it!
      Reply
  2. Gail says

    November 24, 2014 at 7:54 am

    I USED THE SAME INGREDIENTS BUT CUT THE SWEET POTATO IN CHUNKS AND USED PINEAPPLE CHUNKS AND BAKED ALL IN THE FIRST STEP.INSTEAD OF PRE COOKING THE POTATOES. LOVED IT.
    Reply
    • Chattavore says

      November 24, 2014 at 8:03 pm

      Yea!
      Reply
  3. Kristin says

    November 26, 2014 at 11:15 am

    Can this be assembled ahead of time and stored in he fridge until ready to bake the next day?
    Reply
    • Chattavore says

      November 26, 2014 at 1:26 pm

      I haven't tried it, Kristin, but I think it would work perfectly!
      Reply
    • Chattavore says

      November 26, 2014 at 2:53 pm

      I don't know what happened to your second question but I got an email about it. I think it would be fine to top with the brown sugar and pecans ahead of time but I would probably wait and add the marshmallows right before baking.
      Reply
  4. Lorrie says

    December 24, 2016 at 12:29 pm

    Do you think you could make this in a crockpot?
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      December 24, 2016 at 2:38 pm

      I would imagine that it would work fine! Just assemble and cook on low for 2-3 hours, then add the toppings and cook for another 30 minutes or so.
      Reply

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    November 20, 2014 at 2:18 pm
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  2. Jeff Stout from Lazy Magnolia Brewing - Path of Brews says:
    July 29, 2015 at 3:10 pm
    […] There are certain foods that just scream Southern. Sweet potatoes are one of those foods. Now, I’m sure sweet potatoes are used in cooking everywhere, but they seem to be almost a staple in Southern cuisine. For good reason, too! They are so good! Baked. Roasted. Mashed. Straight out of the ground. (Not really.) One of my personal favorite incarnations is Sweet Potato Casserole. […]
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