Country Roads Casserole

Country Roads Casserole–sweet potato casserole with a brown sugar and pecan topping made in your Instant Pot, Crockpot or oven.

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Country Roads Casserole

“Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads”

–Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver

Now that I have that song stuck in your head it’s time to make some sweet potato casserole from the Visit West Virginia website.

According to the website, “Sweet potatoes are a locally grown item that makes its way onto the table of many WV holiday dinners. Sweet potatoes can be traced back at least 5,000 years to Central America. They were on the menu for even the earliest Thanksgivings.“

I don’t know about you but I love sweet potatoes. I think it’s because I don’t eat them very often. Like maybe a couple times a year. So it’s extra special when I get them as a side dish on Thanksgiving.

This recipe is kind of a cross between a side dish and a dessert. It’s mashed sweet potatoes (with butter, sugar and egg) topped with a crispy, buttery topping (brown sugar, pecans and butter). It’s sweet and decadent.

You can make this recipe in your Instant Pot, Crockpot or use your stove and oven. All methods are great. It’s nice to have flexibility on the method since you may be juggling cooking several recipes at the same time on Thanksgiving.

To make this recipe you’ll need…

• Sweet potatoes
• Butter
• Cinnamon
• White sugar
• Egg
• Vanilla
• Kosher salt
• Brown sugar
• Flour
• Pecans

Steps (Instant Pot Method)

Add 1 ½ cups of water into Instant Pot. Place cubed sweet potatoes into a steamer basket and drop the basket into the Instant Pot.

Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 4 minutes. When time is up move valve to venting and remove the lid. Set the steamer basket aside. Discard water in bottom of pot and dry out the pot. Dump the sweet potatoes into the pot. 

Use a potato mashed to mashe the sweet potatoes.

Stir in the ¼ cup butter, cinnamon, white sugar, egg, vanilla and salt until butter is melted.

Spread the mixture evenly in the bottom of the pot. 

In a bowl stir together the brown sugar, flour, 2 Tbsp butter, and pecans. Cut the butter in with a fork.

Sprinkle on top of the sweet potato mixture. 

Place air fryer lid on top of Instant Pot Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes. 

Serve and enjoy!

Notes/Tips

• Serve as a side dish to Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. These sweet potatoes are a sweet treat…a cross between a side dish and a dessert.
• If you’re serving a crowd you can easily double this recipe. You’ll use the same cooking time.
• If you don’t want to peel the sweet potatoes and cube them you can cook them whole and then remove the skin and mash them. Pressure cook for 25 minutes with a quick release for this method.
• I used my Duo Crisp 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in a 3 or 8 quart pot.
• I used my Avokado silicone steamer basket*.
• This recipe can be gluten free if you use a gluten free flour blend.
• Store leftovers in an airtight container* in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. This casserole is best on the first day because of the crumbly topping.
• Other recipes you can make with sweet potatoes are Instant Pot Feta Dill Sweet Potato Mash and Instant Pot Harvest Chicken Casserole.
• In the United States, what is often labeled as “yams” in grocery stores is actually a type of sweet potato, likely done for marketing purposes. True yams are less commonly available in most supermarkets unless in specialty stores.
• Stringy sweet potatoes? The stringy part you might encounter in sweet potatoes is often referred to as the “fibrous strands.” These are typically found in certain varieties of sweet potatoes, especially in the more mature or overgrown ones. You can minimize the presence of these strings by choosing younger, fresher sweet potatoes, or you can cut them out before cooking if they bother you.

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