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Easy Crock Pot Sweet Potato Casserole

Easy Crock Pot Sweet Potato Casserole

This simple recipe delivers a delicious and creamy sweet potato casserole with minimal effort using your slow cooker. Perfect for a holiday side dish or a comforting weeknight meal.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Total Time 46 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Calories: 350
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Sweet Potato Filling
  • 3 lbs Sweet Potatoes peeled and cubed
  • 0.5 cup Unsalted Butter melted
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar packed
  • 0.5 cup Milk whole milk recommended
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 0.25 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
  • 0.25 teaspoon Ground Cloves
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 0.5 cup Pecans or Walnuts chopped, optional
Optional Pecan Crumble
  • 0.5 cup All-Purpose Flour
  • 0.5 cup Brown Sugar packed
  • 0.25 cup Chopped Pecans
  • 0.25 cup Unsalted Butter cold, cut into small pieces

Equipment

  • 6-quart Slow Cooker
  • 9x13 inch baking dish
  • Mixing bowls
  • Potato masher or electric mixer

Method
 

Instructions
  1. Place cubed sweet potatoes in a 6-quart slow cooker.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together melted butter, brown sugar, milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt.
  3. Pour the wet ingredients over the sweet potatoes in the slow cooker.
  4. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours, or until sweet potatoes are very tender.
  5. Once cooked, use a potato masher or electric mixer to mash the sweet potatoes until smooth. If using nuts, stir them in at this point.
  6. Transfer the mashed sweet potatoes to a greased 9x13 inch baking dish.
  7. Optional: Prepare pecan crumble (see below). Sprinkle crumble topping over the sweet potato casserole. Alternatively, top with marshmallows.
  8. Optional: Broil for 2-3 minutes until lightly browned.
Pecan Crumble Instructions
  1. Combine flour and brown sugar in a medium bowl.
  2. Cut in cold butter using a pastry blender or your fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  3. Stir in pecans.

Notes

For a richer flavor, use maple syrup in place of some of the brown sugar. You can also add other spices like ginger or allspice. Leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.