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Twice Baked Sweet Potato Casserole

Twice Baked Sweet Potato Casserole with a bacon topping is the ultimate sweet potato recipe. A savory sweet potato recipe that is loaded with bacon, Panko bread toppings, and creamy mashed sweet potato mounds underneath.
Course Side Dishes
Cuisine American
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Servings 12 servings
Calories 344kcal
Author Kelsey

Ingredients

  • 6 pounds sweet potatoes scrubbed and pierced
  • 10 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
  • ¼ cup panko breadcrumbs or regular breadcrumbs
  • 1 tablespoon butter melted
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • ¼ cup butter softened
  • ¼ cup chopped pecans for topping (Optional)
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  • Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees.
  • Wash and prep your sweet potatoes, leaving a knife cut in the center of each potato Place on a baking sheet that is lined with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
  • Bake for 1 - 1 1/2 hours or until your sweet potatoes are tender and fully cooked. Remove from oven and allow to cool a bit.
  • When you are able to touch with your hands, peel the skins off the sweet potatoes and place the flesh of potatoes in a bowl.
  • Add in all but 2 tablespoons of the cooked chopped bacon, sour cream, 1/4 cup butter, and salt and pepper. Mash up the sweet potatoes until creamy.
  • Then with an ice cream scoop, drop mounds of the sweet potatoes into a greased 9x13 casserole dish.
  • Repeat till all the sweet potatoes are used. Then in a bowl mix 1 tablespoon melted butter and panko breadbrumbs together. Sprinkle over casserole.
  • Then add remaining bacon, and pecans if you want
  • Pop in the oven at 350 degrees and bake 20-30 minutes or until the breadcrumbs are golden brown.

Notes

You can double the recipe if you plan to serve a crowd.
I have not tried but you could try to use canned sweet potatoes. Just mash up and then form balls and bake.
This is a savory sweet potato recipe. You could make it sweet by adding butter and cinnamon when you mash. Then the topping with a brown sugar mixture instead of bacon and breadcrumbs.
You can make this casserole a day in advance and store it in the fridge. Then place in oven and heat until warmed through. It will take a bit longer since you are heating it from fully being cold.
Feel free to freeze leftover sweet potato baked casserole for up to three months.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 344kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 406mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 15g