Last Updated on September 9, 2026 by Carrie Korem, FNTP
I’m thankful I live in a free country, and for those who serve to keep us safe. To those of your who are without your loved ones this holiday season, I’ve my heart goes out to you.
Last of all, I am so thankful for all of you, my readers. I can’t tell you how encouraging it is to read your comments and have the opportunity to create new, healthy recipes for you. Even though I have never met many of you, I feel we are becoming friends.
I hope this week you have a blessed time with your friends and family.
Sweet Potato Casserole
The sugary pecans and buttery sweet potatoes are such a divine combination. This is my Grandma’s recipe that I’ve tweaked a bit to use only whole, organic ingredients. If you haven’t found a sweet potato casserole recipe for Thanksgiving yet, this one is super simple to prepare and makes great leftovers.
Ingredients
- 3 cups sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
- 1/2 cup organic whole cane sugar or sucanat
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup whole milk (you can substitute with coconut milk)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
Topping:
- 1/2 cup whole cane sugar or sucanat
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour *(for a grain free option substitute 1/4 cup almond flour and 2 teaspoons coconut flour)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup pecans chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together sweet potatoes, sucanat, eggs, butter, milk and vanilla in a large bowl. Pour into a 8×8 buttered dish. Mix together the topping ingredients in a medium bowl and sprinkle over the casserole. Bake for 35 minutes or until casserole is bubbly and topping is golden brown.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: Serves 6-8
Sounds interesting! I just wonder if you need rapadura with the sweet potatoes, especially if you have both rapadura and syrup with the pecan pies?Love your recipes 🙂
I don't know if it's a question of need, but a question of want. haha… You could omit the rapadura if you want in the potatoes..it just won't be as sweet. I don't normally serve that much sugar at a meal, but on Thanksgiving it's all about indulgence…well, within certain limits. 🙂
Beautiful post. It is amazing how blessed we are and how easily we (at least I) take these things for granted. Your website is terrific and I love that you use all sorts of interesting and healthful ingredients! Happy Thanksgiving!
Stopping by from the SITS roll call. This recipe looks divine!
I love sweet potato casserole! There was none this year- b/c I didn't host. 🙁
Hi…how do we make this wheat free? It sounds amazing!
Can you make this with coconut milk or almond milk? Also, any substitute for the wheat pastry flour so it would be grain free?
How much rapadura? what is that? I see you have in the directions to add it, but the ingredient list doens’t have rapadura in it or the ammount to put in.
I apologize for the error. I’ve changed the word (rapadura) to sucanat in the directions. (Rapadura is the old term for sucanat – they are one and the same.) Thanks for letting me know!
im doing this for a school project. I am wondering if by any chance you would have the nutrition facts for the recipe
Sorry, but I don’t have the nutritional information for this dish.
Hello Carrie, I made these for the second year in a row, these are the BEST sweet potatoes! Everyone loved them. Thanks for the recipe, I’ve labeled it in my book for next year, too!
This was absolutely delicious! Turned out perfectly and everyone wants the recipe!! Thank you for helping create these healthy, organic goodies!! I’ll be trying more recipes!
How many sweet potatoes should be used to get three cups?
About 3-4 large potatoes.