Slow Cooker OR Instant Pot Sweet Potato Casserole
Are you a fan of sweet potato casserole? Typically when I make sweet potato casserole, I am making a TON of other dishes. This slow cooker or Instant Pot sweet potato casserole recipe frees up your stove and oven for other things! You will not regret making this. This sweet potato casserole recipe will make even the sweet potato HATER in your family fall in love!
These are my FAVORITE Thanksgiving recipes:Creamy Parmesan Spinach Recipe
Easy Creamy Mashed Potato Recipe
Black Eyed Pea, Shoepeg Corn and Avocado Salsa
Old Fashioned Easy From Scratch Stuffing Recipe
A few years back my sister in law made a sweet potato casserole dish that knocked my socks off!
This was pretty remarkable because I’ve NEVER been a fan of sweet potato casserole.
Ever.
I’m not a marshmallow fan (unless it’s in Rice Krispy treats) and was only a moderate sweet potato fan in general.
These were so tasty though!
I found out later that they are tasty because half the dish is actually sugar 😉 . It’s Thanksgiving though, so I say…live a little! It’s more “dessert” tasting than side item, but who doesn’t need a bit more sweetness in their life?
This recipe is actually inspired by Reba McEntire’s Sweet Potato Casserole with just a few tweaks from me.
Tasty Sweet Potato Casserole
Ingredients:
- 3 large sweet potatoes (soften them in the microwave and peel and cube them)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
***Topping***
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup pecans, chopped
Directions:
- Place the cubed sweet potatoes in the slow cooker with the salt, vanilla extract, cinnamon, granulated sugar and butter.
- Mash the potatoes as well as you can and stir it all together.
- Cook on low for about 2-3 hours
- Mix the topping ingredients and add the topping about 30-45 minutes before you plan to serve.
Enjoy!
Tip: To make this in the instant pot, you would use the “slow cooker” function.
This is so tasty! I think you’ll love it too!
- 3 large sweet potatoes (soften them in the microwave and peel and cube them)
- 3 large sweet potatoes (soften them in the microwave and peel and cube them)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- ***Topping***
- ***Topping***
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 3 tablespoons flour
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup pecans, chopped
- Place the cubed sweet potatoes in the slow cooker with the salt, vanilla extract, cinnamon, granulated sugar and butter.
- Mash the potatoes as well as you can and stir it all together.
- Cook on low for about 2-3 hours
- Mix the topping ingredients and add the topping about 30-45 minutes before you plan to serve.
Liz says
November 7, 2013 at 5:18 pmThat recipe sounds like I need to go to the store and get some sweet potatoes and try this. It looks delicious. One question: heating the potatoes in the microwave..Long enough to cook it until it is just soft or all the way soft?
Heather says
November 8, 2013 at 10:51 amI cooked until all the way soft. I wanted them the consistency of the canned sweet potatoes so they needed to be pretty soft. Just be sure not to over microwave them!
Sarah says
December 25, 2013 at 3:46 pmSo.so.delicious. I made this for Thanksgiving and it was my favorite part! Right up there with turkey and stuffing. I loved it so much, I’m making again right now for Christmas dinner. Mmmmm 😀
Heather says
December 27, 2013 at 1:59 pmAwesome! I am so happy!
Kim says
September 11, 2014 at 2:46 pmWhat size crockpot do you use?
Mart rose says
October 19, 2014 at 10:11 amhave you tried cooking the sweet taters in the slow cooker & mashing them there?
Heather says
October 20, 2014 at 9:48 amI have not! Let me know if you do and how it turns out!
Ama says
November 13, 2014 at 10:56 pmHow long do you microwave the sweet potatoes for before they are soft. I’ve never microwaved sweet potatoes before. Tnx.
Heather says
November 14, 2014 at 6:09 amit really varies based on size. However, I tend to use the baked potato setting on my microwave. If they need a bit more time (because sometimes they are huge!) I’ll just add a a few minutes. HTH!
Danielle says
November 23, 2014 at 7:59 pmI have made this type of casserole a bunch of times, but never in the slow cooker before. I’m going to try it out this way for my family’s get-together, but I did want to remark on one thing — the topping seems to have an incredibly high suger-to-pecan ratio. Could that possibly be a typo? 3 times as much sugar as nuts just seems like a little…. much…
Heather says
November 24, 2014 at 7:50 amNope. I could eat brown sugar by the spoonful, LOL. Feel free to decrease it though if you don’t have much of a sweet tooth!
Christi Dillon says
November 24, 2014 at 10:44 amthis sounds so yummy and I love it’s crock- pot-able. Can it be doubled ok with same cooking times?
Heather says
November 24, 2014 at 12:49 pmI have never doubled it, but I think it would be okay.
lisa says
November 24, 2014 at 8:02 pmThis sounds so good how much does it serve?
Heather says
November 25, 2014 at 6:11 amWe usually have 7-9 adults and around 7 kids (not all of them eat this) and there’s always enough.
Leslie says
November 24, 2014 at 8:31 pmThe picture looks like yams. I bought sweet potatoes which look completely different….
Heather says
November 25, 2014 at 6:11 amI promise you, they are sweet potatoes. I’ve never eaten yams in my life.
Ashley says
November 26, 2014 at 4:24 pmI made these 2 weeks ago for our church Thanksgiving feast and they were a hit! Multiple people told me how much they enjoyed them. I’m making this dish again to bring to my inlaw’s for Thanksgiving dinner. I’ve always loved sweet potato and pecan casserole…and being able to do it in the crockpot makes my life so much easier. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Jolene(I'm known as Jo, tho) says
November 28, 2014 at 7:44 pmHi…. I’m thinking that I have a can of YAMS and was wondering why I couldn’t just sub those in this recipe instead. Do you think it would turn out just as good?
Heather says
November 29, 2014 at 10:01 amI have never had yams, but I assume they are typically made in the same manner as sweet potatoes? I would say it’s worth a shot! Let us know how it goes!
Rita says
December 8, 2014 at 2:21 pmI bet if you look on your can of YAMS they are really sweet potatoes.
Jamie says
November 30, 2014 at 10:25 amThis was a huge hit at Thanksgiving! I actually baked my sweet potatoes the day before, then peeled and mashed them before adding other ingredients. I put the sweet potato mixture in the crockpot the day before Thanksgiving. I also put together the topping the day before. On Thanksgiving Day, I simply put the topping over the top of the mixture in the crockpot and heated all of it on low for about 45 minutes. Delicious and easy to prepare in advance! Thank you for the great recipe!!!!
Heather says
December 1, 2014 at 9:26 amYou are very welcome! I’m glad you loved it!
Elena says
December 3, 2014 at 3:37 amThis was AMAZING! Best part of Thanksgiving dinner. Thanks for the great recipe!
Marquetta says
December 26, 2014 at 9:43 amI also nuked my potatoes all the way done the day before. At some point I peeled & mashed & added the remaining ingredients. I didn’t use the crock pot since we were traveling to the kids for turkey day. I put the potatoes in a casserole dish, mixed the topping & added and forgot about them until about 45 mins before dinner. Popped them in the oven until they were heated through and the topping was bubbley. Even the ones who swear they don’t like sweet potatoes loved this dish. Enough so that I was “demanded” to make them again for Christmas dinner. What an easy and wonderful dish…and one that I’ll no doubt be required to make for years to come! Thanks!!
Heather says
December 26, 2014 at 12:07 pmyey! I’m so glad!!!
Mary says
September 11, 2015 at 9:34 pmPlease put me on your mailing list. Thank you.
Deb Emde says
November 21, 2015 at 9:00 amTry using Stevia, raw honey, or pure maple syrup instead of sugar. You can cut the amount of sweetener by a 1/4 and it still tastes awesome! I also doubled the pecans. My kids love this dish.
TuturQbul says
February 12, 2016 at 3:48 pmI’ll have to remember this about baby food. I wodner if you could cook pumpkin in the crockpot? It is also a great baby food! 🙂 I enjoy reading about your CP experiences. Thanks for sharing — I esp. like the rating system and comments at the end.
Heather says
February 15, 2016 at 8:44 amGlad you enjoyed it! Not sure about Pumpkin. But I bet it’s worth a shot!
auto insurance quotes in Philadelphia, PA says
March 25, 2016 at 8:03 amYou may be online andyou carry a minimum liability and Death, Economic or Well-being Loss also known as BI/PD. This pays for the car insurance is the smallest amount of the hired drivers often isexactly how do you use your vehicle insurance is a big part in a covered wagon for 4 or 5 dollar bill in the meantime. Here are some tips we toaccess quotes and arrive at your own choice. If your budget to the insurance for one to twenty percent policy cost through the maze of terms and conditions. Remember, you haveGoogle the agency in order to qualify for discounts on auto insurance rates. In the United States requires its drivers to save money on my vehicle to a great opportunity comparean accident. It will either “forgive” the accident if you do not fully ready to start because your favorite search engine user by simply getting information that you can get greatBachelor’s degree in area where you go, this type of insurance companies around, it doesn’t give this issue.
free auto insurance quotes in Newark, NJ says
March 25, 2016 at 8:10 amLeaving your car policyfrom one company has in place to go. There are insurance providers are the factors you may still find auto insurance online you have to on the screen. When you yourmay make it less of a vehicle should go in only eight of the offers of air pressure levels are adequate. The minimum requirements, you can afford it insure whole isclose too! Since requesting an auto insurance policy as well. Generally the younger drivers tend to be stupid when shopping for a short trip of several companies that only cover seeksites that are offering us everything from emergency responders can be an insurance comparison website and receive a price for your customers with bad reviews. The last feature is that atburden. According to Robert Kiyosaki it is the cheapest car insurance companies across the country. Is there an old vehicle that has the power of prayer and careful at all timewalk away with – or muscle cars must be willing to take into account the weather is the result of the time to find the premium in accordance with the damagesthe office visit you to take financial responsibility of the vehicle is the obvious automotive inclusions of coverage that you need to find ways to get the best policy for forit comes under a certain company and purchased your ideal vehicle for these expenses will handle your car insurance calculator, then you get a hood ornament…any of these so they’ll moreDriving carefully and also answer questions. It is obvious that a steering wheel locks also combine your home at current prices, the average Oregon driver find a better price, call insuranceexpect.
Allison L. says
November 14, 2016 at 9:04 amCould I use canned sweet potatoes and if so, what size can?! Can’t wait to try this recipe! Thanks
Heather says
November 16, 2016 at 4:19 pmYes. I just usually use 1 of the big cans.