This candy potato casserole is to die for! This casserole is virtually a dessert, but it surely by some means nonetheless will get categorized as a vegetable facet dish. There are quite a lot of variations on this dish, and this one is for everybody who’s “Group Marshmallow Topping.” Everybody at your vacation occasions this 12 months will love this scrumptious casserole and its buttery, candy filling and gooey topping.
For extra scrumptious facet dishes, attempt our inexperienced bean casserole or our well-known dinner rolls.
Why Our Recipe
- Clean and buttery candy potato filling topped with caramelized toasted marshmallows for the right indulgent facet dish.
- Straightforward, make-ahead directions help you prep prematurely and easily add marshmallows earlier than baking.
Is there actually any higher technique to eat candy potatoes than with brown sugar, butter, and marshmallows? Probably not! This recipe is irresistibly scrumptious, and it comes collectively tremendous simply! This recipe even has easy, make-ahead directions so you may get the filling prepared prematurely and simply add marshmallows earlier than baking.
Ingredient Notes
- Candy Potatoes: You’ll need to peel and dice the candy potatoes for boiling. If you wish to add a further layer of taste, you may bake them within the oven at 400 levels for 1 hour.
- Milk: Complete, 2%, or 1% milk works properly right here. You too can substitute
- Brown Sugar: Mild or darkish brown sugar each work, and you may exchange with granulated sugar. It simply gained’t have that very same darker molasses taste that comes from brown sugar.
- Eggs: These add construction to the casserole to create a extra custard-like filling.
- Mini marshmallows: Positively go for the minis on this one—massive marshmallows will make for a particularly thick topping that will likely be too candy for this already candy recipe. For those who solely have massive marshmallows, you may minimize these up utilizing kitchen scissors. You possibly can spray the scissors with nonstick cooking spray to forestall the marshmallows from sticking.
Candy Potatoes vs Yams
In the USA, we have a tendency to make use of “candy potato” and “yam” interchangeably to consult with the potato-like vegetable with reddish brown pores and skin and orange flesh. Nonetheless, you might need additionally seen one thing labeled as a candy potato within the grocery retailer that has gentle yellow pores and skin. And typically, the orange flesh selection are labeled as yams. It could actually get complicated, however each are literally candy potatoes!
Yams are simply dark-skinned candy potatoes. You most likely gained’t come throughout precise yams in an American grocery retailer—tru yams have brown or black pores and skin, and the flesh is both crimson, purple, or off-white. We often use garnet candy potatoes as a result of we love the colour and taste, however you should use orange or white candy potatoes relying in your desire.
Canned Candy Potatoes
This recipe requires uncooked candy potatoes, and we extremely advocate sticking with that to get the most effective taste and texture. However should you solely have canned candy potatoes, we will make that work too! You’ll simply skip the primary and second steps of the recipe that ask you to cut after which boil the candy potatoes.
As a substitute, drain your canned yams completely after which combine them in with the opposite substances earlier than putting them into your casserole dish. You’ll want 1 1/2 to 2 kilos of candy potatoes, however you may all the time scale the recipe all the way down to be smaller if you must.
Mashing Choices
This recipe requires utilizing a hand mixer to whip your candy potatoes till clean. For those who don’t have a hand mixer, you may mash the boiled and drained candy potatoes by hand with a potato masher or a massive fork. You possibly can even attempt utilizing a ricer or meals mill, which makes it simple to get a really high quality, lump-free mash with no need a mixer.
Storage and Reheating Directions
Refrigerate leftovers in an hermetic container for as much as 4 days.
Reheat parts within the microwave on excessive in 30-second increments. You too can rewarm the casserole within the oven if you wish to reheat a big portion at one time. Preheat the oven to 350, then put the casserole in till warmed by.
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