Whipped Sweet Potatoes and Bananas with Honey

Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence

Show: Tyler's UltimateEpisode: Ultimate Thanksgiving

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (147)

Cook Time:
1 hr 5 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
10 to 12 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 5 min
Total:: 1 hr 25 min

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Ingredients

5 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed
4 bananas, unpeeled
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup honey
Kosher salt
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Prick the sweet potatoes all over with a fork, put them in a roasting pan and roast for 30 minutes. Toss the bananas into the pan and continue roasting for 10 to 15 minutes, until both the bananas and potatoes are very soft. Remove the pan from the oven but don't turn the oven off.

When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, scoop out the flesh into a large mixing bowl. Peel the bananas and add them to the bowl along with 1 stick of the butter, and the honey. Season with salt and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until everything's well combined and the mixture is fluffy. Spoon into an oven-proof serving bowl and smooth the top.

In a separate mixing bowl, use your fingers to rub together the remaining stick of butter, the brown sugar, flour, and pecans until the mixture is the consistency of coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the sweet potatoes and return to the oven. Cook for about 20 minutes, until the crumbs are golden. Serve hot.

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recipe Whipped Sweet Potatoes and Bananas with Honey
Donna San Diego, CA 10-27-2009
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we love this!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this last Thanksgiving and then again at Christmas and it was a huge hit. My husband asked me to make it again this... year.... my trick is to cut back on the banana (i'm not a huge banana lover anyway) Tyler is cooking to his liking, try cooking to yours and it might come out to you liking! . Read more
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Bryan Fremont, OH 04-19-2009
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Delicious
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I did have to cook the sweet pototoes about 15 minutes longer and used 3 bananas. Next time I will use only 2, I wanted to... taste more of the sweet potatoes. Overall, this was a delicious combination.Read more
recipe Whipped Sweet Potatoes and Bananas with Honey
Carol Phelan, CA 12-09-2008
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Was Not Impressed
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I was not impressed with this recipe. My family loves sweet potatoes. We eat them at least weekly. This recipe didn't taste... like sweet potatoes. All I could taste is bananas. Pretty much like baby food. I feed the leftovers it to my grandson.Read more
recipe Whipped Sweet Potatoes and Bananas with Honey
Rolanda Newark, NJ 11-30-2008
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Thanksgiving Hit!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

What a fantastic recipe. Thanks Tyler for your help this Thanksgiving. You Rock!
recipe Whipped Sweet Potatoes and Bananas with Honey
Jo Bradenton, FL 11-28-2008
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Never Again
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

My family is used to me showing up with a new recipe every year. They thought the sweet potato-banana idea sounded good. I... knew when I was putting this together that the sweet potato banana ratio didn't seem right. I stopped with three bananas. The only one in the family who liked it was my son's mother-in-law who admittedly cannot taste. We saved a few leftovers for her and the rest when into the trash can. My family is still in shock! I rarely throw food away.Read more
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Ginger Wilmington, DE 11-22-2008
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No longer Thanksgiving without it!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is an outstanding sweet potato recipe. My husband saw Tyler preparing it last year, and asked for the dish on... Thanksgiving. It was a huge success, and has beaten out all other sweet potato variations that were served at our Thanksgiving table. I do add cinnamon and nutmeg to the sweet potato/banana mixture to pop the flavors a bit more. This recipe, along with all the other "Ultimate" Tyler Florence recipes, is a sure fire hit!!!Read more