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Sweet Potato Casserole with Candied Pecans

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Category: Healthy Recipes, Casseroles, Potatoes

 Ingredients List

  • 3 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes
  • 1/4 cup raw honey or pure maple syrup
  • 3 tbsp grass-fed butter (or butter substitute)
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp Himalayan sea salt
  • Optional: 1/2 cup golden raisins
  • Candied Pecans
  • 1 cup raw pecans
  • 3 tbsp raw honey or pure maple syrup
  • Optional: sprinkle 1/4 tsp cinnamon & 1/4 tsp coconut palm sugar on top before placing in the oven

 Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. In a large pot place cubed sweet potatoes and cover with water
3. Cover and let boil for 15 minutes until fork-tender
4. Drain water, add remaining ingredients (honey/maple, butter, spices), and mash using an immersion blender or a potato masher
5. Spread evenly into your lightly sprayed casserole dish
6. In a small pan, add 1 cup pecans and heat for 30 seconds over medium heat, add maple syrup or honey and mix to coat all pecans, once boiling, remove from heat, and let cool spread out on a baking sheet covered in parchment paper or your baking liner
7. Cover the sweet potato mixture with pecans, add optional sprinkle of cinnamon/coconut palm sugar
8. Bake for 20 minutes

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