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You can roast the potatoes and bananas ahead of time, then put it all together just before serving. Then heat it up in the oven.
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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By stephjmartin
Sumter, SC
on November 29, 2011
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This recipe has become a new Thanksgiving tradition in our house. The bananas add a tangy flavor to the sweet potatoes which is a wonderful contrast to the thick sweet and crunchy topping. It's sweet without being sickening sweet and is filling and satisfying. I do add some cinnamon to the topping and sometimes to the potatoes, too. Delicious!
By susieqbee
on November 22, 2011
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I have used a version of this recipe of my sister's mother-in-laws for years and my kids won't let me ever skip it. I would like to add that if you are preparing ahead to cook later (even if it is only 30 minute later cover tightly and securely with saran wrap by pressing down onto the mixture to keep out all air and then refrigerate. This will keep from getting an ugly brown.
By ChefJasper
on November 21, 2011
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Great recipe! Make this and nobody will ask for marshmallows on top ever again. But it is very sweet//tastes like dessert. For a simpler and healthier option try Ellie Krieger's Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Honey. Make those for dinner parties all the time-Very simple, inexpensive, and delicious and everybody asks for recipe.
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