Candy Potato Casserole with Marshmallows

This candy potato casserole is to die for! This casserole is virtually a dessert, however it by some means nonetheless will get labeled as a vegetable facet dish. There are lots of variations on this dish, and this one is for everybody who’s “Staff Marshmallow Topping.” Everybody at your vacation occasions this 12 months will love this scrumptious casserole and its buttery, candy filling and gooey topping.

For extra scrumptious facet dishes, attempt our green bean casserole or our famous dinner rolls.

Is there actually any higher strategy to eat candy potatoes than with brown sugar, butter, and marshmallows? Not likely! This recipe is irresistibly scrumptious, and it comes collectively tremendous simply! This recipe even has easy, make-ahead directions so you may get the filling prepared prematurely and simply add marshmallows earlier than baking.

Ingredient Notes

• Candy Potatoes: You’ll need to peel and dice the candy potatoes for boiling. If you wish to add an extra layer of taste, you may bake them in the oven at 400 levels for 1 hour.
• Milk: Entire, 2%, or 1% milk works nicely right here. You may as well substitute
• Brown Sugar: Gentle or darkish brown sugar each work, and you may exchange with granulated sugar. It simply gained’t have that very same darker molasses taste that comes from brown sugar.
• Eggs: These add construction to the casserole to create a extra custard-like filling.
• Mini marshmallows: Positively go for the minis on this one—giant marshmallows will make for a particularly thick topping that can be too candy for this already candy recipe. For those who solely have giant marshmallows, you may minimize these up utilizing kitchen scissors. You’ll be able to spray the scissors with nonstick cooking spray to stop the marshmallows from sticking.

Candy Potatoes vs Yams

In the US, we have a tendency to make use of “candy potato” and “yam” interchangeably to check with the potato-like vegetable with reddish brown pores and skin and orange flesh. Nonetheless, you might need additionally seen one thing labeled as a candy potato within the grocery retailer that has mild yellow pores and skin. And typically, the orange flesh selection are labeled as yams. It may get complicated, however each are literally candy potatoes!

Yams are simply dark-skinned candy potatoes. You most likely gained’t come throughout precise yams in an American grocery retailer—tru yams have brown or black pores and skin, and the flesh is both pink, purple, or off-white. We often use garnet candy potatoes as a result of we love the colour and taste, however you should use orange or white candy potatoes relying in your choice.

Canned Candy Potatoes

This recipe requires uncooked candy potatoes, and we extremely advocate sticking with that to get the perfect taste and texture. However if you happen to solely have canned candy potatoes, we are able to make that work too! You’ll simply skip the primary and second steps of the recipe that ask you to cut after which boil the candy potatoes.

As a substitute, drain your canned yams totally after which combine them in with the opposite elements earlier than putting them into your casserole dish. You’ll want 1 1/2 to 2 kilos of candy potatoes, however you may all the time scale the recipe right down to be smaller if you must.

Mashing Choices

This recipe requires utilizing a hand mixer to whip your candy potatoes till clean. For those who don’t have a hand mixer, you may mash the boiled and drained candy potatoes by hand with a potato masher or a giant fork. You’ll be able to even attempt utilizing a ricer or meals mill, which makes it simple to get a really superb, lump-free mash with no need a mixer.

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