Mini Sweet Potato Casserole Recipes

MINI SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes in a pot and fill with enough water to cover them.
• Bring water to a boil and cook until the potatoes have softened.
• Remove sweet potatoes from water and cut them into 1 1/2" slices and place them on a greased baking sheet.
• Slide the peel off of the sweet potato slices.
• Sit end pieces of the potatoes to the side.
• Use a spoon to take a scoop out of the center of each sweet potato slice, making sure not to go through the bottom.
• In a small bowl, mash the scooped out portions and the end pieces of the sweet potatoes, together with the brown sugar, orange juice, and cinnamon.
• Stuff the sweet potato mash back into the sweet potato slices.
• Make the topping by mixing the brown sugar, chopped pecans, butter, and cinnamon together.
• Pour topping over each sweet potato slice.
• Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until topping is bubbling.
• Remove from oven and serve.

MINI SWEET POTATO CASSEROLES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400F. Prick the sweet potatoes a few times with a fork. Place them onto a lined baking sheet. Bake for 45-60 minutes, or until they're completely tender when pierced with a fork or knife. Reduce the oven heat to 350F.
• Wearing oven mitts, cut the hot sweet potatoes in half and scoop out the flesh into a medium sized mixing bowl. Add the butter, non-dairy milk, maple syrup, and cinnamon. Mash roughly with a fork. The sweet potatoes should be mashed, but they should still have a bit of texture-you're not aiming for totally smooth or uniform.
• Lightly oil or butter 2 or 3 small baking dishes. Transfer the mashed sweet potatoes to the dishes. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• To make the topping, place the butter, flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt, if needed, in a small bowl. Use your fingers to crumble it all up. You're aiming for pea-sized pieces of butter and for everything to be well incorporated. Add the nuts and mix again.
• Distribute the topping over the mashed potatoes in their little dishes. Transfer to the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the topping is golden brown. Serve.

SMALL-BATCH SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Combine the sweet potatoes, half-and-half, butter, brown sugar, nutmeg if using and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large saucepan over medium-low heat and cook, covered and stirring occasionally, until the sweet potatoes begin to break down, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to low and continue to cook, covered, stirring occasionally and breaking up the pieces as you stir, until the sweet potatoes are completely tender and have almost entirely fallen apart, another 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, position an oven rack in the upper-third of the oven and preheat to 450 degrees F.
• Add the cream cheese to the saucepan. Mix with a handheld mixer until the cream cheese is fully incorporated and the sweet potatoes are smooth.
• Use a spatula to transfer 1 cup of the sweet potato mixture to each of four 1-cup ramekins. Top each ramekin with a 1/3 cup of the mini marshmallows. Bake until the marshmallows are puffed and browned, about 5 minutes.