Make-ahead and bake day-of
This is my dad’s absolute favorite Must-Have on Thanksgiving. He just loves sweet potatoes. I used to make it old-school with toasted marshmallows on top, but in the past few years have been making it with this delicious pecan-coconut-crunchy-crumble instead. I gotta say – it’s pretty freaking good!
APC Smart-Planning Tip:
Make-ahead. 1-2 days prior, make the sweet potato mixture & topping, storing separately in the fridge. The day of, remove from fridge to let it warm up a bit – otherwise it’ll take forever to bake. The souffle needs about 1-hour to bake & 10 minutes to rest. So, I’d start preheating the oven and getting the souffle in about 90-minutes before we want to eat.
Dad’s Sweet Potato Soufflé
Ingredients
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and divided in half
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 3½ cups cups sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed – about 1 ¾ lbs of sweet potatoes
- ½ cup evaporated milk
- 2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 cup 1 cup packed light brown sugar, divided – Healthier option: coconut brown sugar
- 3 tbsp 3 TB unsweetened shredded coconut
- 3 tbsp 3 TB all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup ¼ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Spray a 1-quart soufflé dish with cooking spray. Microwave 6 tablespoons butter on HIGH until melted. Let it cool 3.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir together beaten eggs, mashed sweet potatoes, evaporated milk, salt, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, 3/4 cup of the brown sugar and 3 tablespoons of the melted butter until nice and smooth. Pour it into your soufflé dish, and bake at 375 for about 30-minutes or until it begins to set.
- Meanwhile, make the topping: In a small bowl, stir together coconut, flour, pecans, remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar and 3 tablespoons melted butter until it’s combined.
- Remove soufflé from the oven and top it with the coconut pecan mixture. Return to oven and bake for another 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Let it cool 10-15 minutes and serve!
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