Candy Potato Casserole with Marshmallows

This candy potato casserole is to die for! This casserole is virtually a dessert, but it surely someway nonetheless will get categorized as a vegetable aspect dish. There are quite a lot of variations on this dish, and this one is for everybody who’s “Staff Marshmallow Topping.” Everybody at your vacation occasions this yr will love this scrumptious casserole and its buttery, candy filling and gooey topping.

For extra scrumptious aspect dishes, attempt our green bean casserole or our famous dinner rolls.

Is there actually any higher method 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 will 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’ll be able to bake them in the oven at 400 levels for 1 hour.
• Milk: Entire, 2%, or 1% milk works nicely right here. You can too substitute
• Brown Sugar: Gentle or darkish brown sugar each work, and you’ll exchange with granulated sugar. It simply received’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: Undoubtedly go for the minis on this one—massive marshmallows will make for an especially thick topping that will probably be too candy for this already candy recipe. Should you solely have massive marshmallows, you’ll be able to minimize these up utilizing kitchen scissors. You’ll be able to spray the scissors with nonstick cooking spray to stop the marshmallows from sticking.

Candy Potatoes vs Yams

In the US, we have a tendency to make use of “candy potato” and “yam” interchangeably to confer with the potato-like vegetable with reddish brown pores and skin and orange flesh. Nonetheless, you may need additionally seen one thing labeled as a candy potato within the grocery retailer that has mild yellow pores and skin. And typically, the orange flesh selection are labeled as yams. It will probably get complicated, however each are literally candy potatoes!

Yams are simply dark-skinned candy potatoes. You most likely received’t come throughout precise yams in an American grocery retailer—tru yams have brown or black pores and skin, and the flesh is both purple, purple, or off-white. We normally use garnet candy potatoes as a result of we love the colour and taste, however you need to use orange or white candy potatoes relying in your choice.

Canned Candy Potatoes

This recipe requires uncooked candy potatoes, and we extremely suggest sticking with that to get the very best 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 components earlier than inserting them into your casserole dish. You’ll want 1 1/2 to 2 kilos of candy potatoes, however you’ll be able to all the time scale the recipe right down to be smaller if it’s essential.

Mashing Choices

This recipe requires utilizing a hand mixer to whip your candy potatoes till easy. Should you don’t have a hand mixer, you’ll be able to mash the boiled and drained candy potatoes by hand with a potato masher or a massive fork. You’ll be able to even attempt utilizing a ricer or meals mill, which makes it simple to get a really positive, lump-free mash without having a mixer.

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