Best Grannys Alabama Sweet Potatoes Recipes

GRANDMA'S SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes and orange peel into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until soft, about 10 minutes. Drain well and let cool. Discard orange peel.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a 9-inch pie plate with pie crust.
• Mash cooled sweet potatoes with a potato masher or fork. Mix in eggs until well blended. Add pineapple juice, butter, and vanilla extract; mix until combined. Mix in flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and salt. Mix in sugar until dissolved. Blend in heavy cream using a whisk.
• Pour sweet potato mixture into the pie crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Place on a cloth on a table or window sill to cool down.

GRANDMA'S CANDIED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Combine butter, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl. Mix brown sugar and white sugar together in another bowl.
• Layer potatoes and sugar mixture in the bottom of a slow cooker. Pour the butter mixture over the top.
• Cover and cook on Low until tender, about 6 hours.
• Remove 1/3 of the cooking liquid from the slow cooker and pour into a saucepan; whisk in cornstarch. Bring to a boil and cook until thick, about 5 minutes. Pour over potatoes and serve.

GRANDMA'S SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish.
• Mix mashed sweet potatoes, white sugar, milk, butter, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt together; transfer potato mixture to the prepared baking dish.
• Mix brown sugar and flour for topping together in a large bowl. Add pecans, coconut, and butter; mix until well combined. Sprinkle over the casserole.
• Bake in the preheated oven until topping is golden brown, about 25 minutes.

GRANDMA'S OLD FASHION SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Bake the sweet potatoes in the oven until done; let them cool.
• Mash the potatoes with the butter; add the sugars and the eggs, stir.
• Add the pudding mix, stir up real good.
• Add the pinch of salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
• Add the milk and stir up real good.
• Pour the mixture in the pie crust.
• Put the pie in the oven at 350°F Bake 45 minutes or 1 hour.

GRANDMA'S RED HOT SOUTHERN SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place the sweet potatoes into a large saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook over medium heat until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain water, and place potatoes in a large casserole dish.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together the butter, brown sugar, red hot candies, and water. Pour over the sweet potatoes in the dish.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, until sweet potatoes are soft, and the candies are melted. After this, you may top with marshmallows, and return the dish to the oven for 10 minutes to toast them.

GRANDMA CAROL'S SOUTHERN SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Stir mashed sweet potatoes, white sugar, 1/2 cup butter, milk, eggs, cinnamon, and vanilla together in a large bowl until smooth; transfer to a casserole dish.
• Mix brown sugar, pecans, coconut, and 1/2 cup butter in a bowl; spread atop the filling.
• Bake casserole in preheated oven until topping is golden brown, about 30 minutes.

GRANNY'S ALABAMA SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• 1. Boil sweet potatoes until they are soft. Peel and mash while they are still hot. In a large bowl, Mix potatoes, 1 stick of butter (cut it into cubes and it will melt nicely), coconut, beaten eggs, vanilla, 1/2 cup of the brown sugar and the white sugar.
• 2. In a separate bowl, melt the other stick of butter and add the remaining brown sugar, the chopped pecans, and the corn flakes. Mix well. Note: I double this step because I really like the crunchy stuff.
• 3. Grease a 9x13 baking dish with butter or spray or whatever you like to use. I use a casserole dish and butter. Put in potatoes. Layer crunchy topping on top of the potatoes and bake at 325 until bubbly and golden brown. Usually about 30 minutes.