sweet potato casserole

Marshmallow-topped holiday dish

Sweet potato casserole is an American dish of mashed sweet potatoes baked with sugar, butter, and spices, typically topped with marshmallows or a streusel of pecans and brown sugar.

It straddles the line between side dish and dessert, appearing almost exclusively at Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners: Grandma's sweet potato casserole is the first thing to disappear.

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Thanksgiving · yams · butter · nutmeg · toasted · gooey · creamy · mashed · holiday · Sunday dinner · grandma · potluck · oven · baking · made from scratch · vanilla · caramelized · streusel

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G