Ingredients
- 6 pounds (about 6) sweet potatoes
- 2 ripe bananas, skins on
- 2 ounces (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound pecans
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Pierce the sweet potatoes with a fork and bake until tender, about 1 hour. Roast the bananas, with the skins on, for the last 15 minutes of cooking time. When cool enough to handle, peel the potatoes and bananas, and transfer to a food processor. Pulse until the potatoes are chunky.
Add the butter and maple syrup, puree until smooth. Add the cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and salt; puree to combine. Transfer to a shallow baking pan and smooth out the surface with a spatula.
In a skillet, cook the pecans in butter over low heat and sprinkle with salt. Saute until well-coated, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes. Transfer the pecans to paper towels to drain. Arrange pecans on top of puree and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake at 300 degrees F until heated through, about 20 minutes.
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By renteria1641
San Diego, CA
on November 23, 2010
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I have been making this dish for a couple of years now for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
My family just loves it and always looks forward to it.
By lori_451_12351192
Hamilton, 75
on November 21, 2009
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I've made this for a few years now .. every time I make it someone asks me where I got the recipe. My husband hates Sweet Potatoes. These are the ONLY ones he will eat and come back for seconds and thirds. Now he wants me to make Tyler's recipe for Pumpkin Meringue Pie we watched him make on Thanksgivings Top 10 questions answered. Can't wait to make them both this year. Yum!
By emi808vabch
Virginia Beach, VA
on November 17, 2009
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I can even remember how I use to make my sweet potatoes as this has become the most request sweet potato recipe ever! My family loves it! All my friends want the recipe. Sometimes, I've put a little oj in the potato mixture and I've put a little coconut in the topping too. But the basic recipe is FABULOUS!
Tip, if you don't have a food processor, you can use a stick blender too.
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