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Boston Market Sweet Potato Casserole

December 13, 2011 32 Comments

Boston Market Sweet Potato Casserole has to be one of my favorite ways to make candied sweet potatoes. Now if you don’t live near a Boston Market restaurant, you can either drive really far, or make your own CopyKat recipe for these holiday favorites.

Sweet Potato Casserole just like the Boston Market

You don’t have to buy these from a restaurant to make these, with a little bit of elbow grease, you can make great tasting sweet potato casserole any time of the year.  This sweet potato recipe combines a thick oatmeal cookie-like crust, fluffy melting marshmallows, and a sweet and savory potato layer.  It is really hard to resist this dish.  We are going to make this whole thing from scratch.  Don’t let cooking from scratch intimidate you, it is easy to do, and you can even watch the video to see how it is done.  This recipe asks you to buy sweet potatoes between 4 1/2 to 5 pounds of sweet potatoes.  If you don’t want to bake them, you can buy cans of pureed sweet potatoes, both work equally well.

Boston Market Sweet Potato Casserole

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  • Recipe Type: Casserole Recipes, Copycat Restaurant Recipes, CopyKat Recipes, Featured, Video, Holiday Recipes
  • Prep time: 20 minutes
  • Cook time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
  • Serves: 10
Boston Market Sweet Potato Casserole

You can make Boston Market Sweet potato casserole just like they do. This thick oatmeal cookie-like crust resting on the top of a wonderfully spiced sweet potatoes can be made in your own kitchen.

Ingredients

  • 4 1/2 - 5 pounds fresh sweet potatoes  -or- 5 pounds canned sweet potato puree
  • 1/4 cup of butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • "Oatmeal Cookie Crust"
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup quick cooking oats
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 cups miniature marshmallows

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and wrap sweet potatoes in foil.  Place wrapped sweet potatoes on a lined baking sheet and bake for approximately 1 hour.  After 1 hour test sweet potatoes by piercing with a fork, if you can pierce them with a fork easily, they are done baking.  Allow to cool until you can handle them, remove foil, and remove skins by simply pushing off the skins from the meat of the potato.  Place cooked potatoes into a large bowl.

Mash sweet potatoes together with 1/4 cup of butter using a blender, or hand masher.   Process sweet potatoes until they are mostly smooth.  Add in 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and blend until you have a uniform mixture.  Add 1/2 cup dark brown sugar and heavy cream to sweet potatoes and mix in brown sugar and heavy cream.

To make the "oatmeal cookie", or struesel topping combine together in a medium sized bowl 1/2 cup flour, 1 cup dark brown sugar, 1 cup quick cooking oats, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon salt.  Stir the dry ingredients together.  Add 1/2 cup softened butter, cut in butter with a fork until you have a crumbly mixture.

Assemble casserole by spreading the sweet potatoes into a 9 x 13 inch baking  pan.  Top with 2 cups marshmallows, and then place the oatmeal topping on top of the marshmallows.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes, this is done when the marshmallows have melted.

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  • alesandra

    This was soooooooo delicious. this is my recepe to make sweet potatoe cassarole. Thank you so much I loved it!!!!

  • Kelly

    I LOVE this recipe. Boston Market sweet potato is my favorite so I was so excited to make it myself and thank God it came out amazing. Based on reading the comments below, I changed a few things but not by much. I used 5 pounds of regular sweet potatoes, not mixed with puree. For the nutmeg, I added a little less than 1/4 tsp instead of 1/2 (I don’t want it to be spicy). I also added about 3/4 cup of brown sugar instead of 1/2 a cup. Lastly, I put the oatmeal topping on the casserole first, then the marshmallows. It comes out delicious. It’s always a favorite at social events! Thanks for the recipe :)

  • turtle2778

    I have never eaten at Boston Market and dont really even like sweet potatoes, but after looking at this recipe I totally want to try this. It looks delicious

  • http://www.facebook.com/JertharraHunt Jertharra Hunt

    THIS WAS AWESOME!!! This recipe taste better than Boston Market recipe

  • Anonymous

    This is SOOOOO GOOOOOD!!

  • Rudy2

    Does this take a quarter of a CUP of butter (like the list says) or a quarter of a STICK (like the text says)?

    • http://www.copykat.com Stephanie

      I made a typo, it is a quarter of a cup. Thanks for catching that!

  • Shannon

    In the past I have made this but a little different. For the topping I ground up the oatmeal into a powder. Using the same butter, cinnamon, sugar and flour. Put that on the top (no marshmallows yet) and baked for a long time- I think it was an hour and half or 2 hours at 325. Then once the top looks done, take it out and put the marshmallows on top. They will melt a bit from the heat.

  • debbie

    What temperature?

  • DaBigRican

    I’m confused. You say to use 4 1/2 to 5lbs sweet potato or 5 cans puree yet you used 1 can WITH the fresh potatoes. I have exactly 5lbs of potatoes. Do I still use the 1 can of puree? Does the puree contain something extra for flavor? Let me know. Thank You.

    • Stephanie Manley

      You need a total of 5 pounds. It can be 5 pounds of puree, or 5 pounds of fresh, or any combination of the two. I liked using the mixture, I personally think it adds a little extra to the flavor, but it is completely not necessary.

  • nicole

    How many does the original recipe serve, and does it freeze well?

    • Stephanie Manley

      It makes quite a bit, I think 10-12 people could easily eat off of this dish. I don’t know if it freezes well.

  • bmd

    I think at the restaurant the marshmallows are actually on top, not the streusel, but not sure how much that makes a difference. I will still be trying this for the holiday this week. Hope it’s as good as the original!

    • Gibby

      They are put on top typically. And then placed back in the oven to melt and brown them.

  • kissa

    This is not Boston market yams

  • http://www.facebook.com/tracy.g.conrad Tracy Garman Conrad

    I made this last night for 25 guests. OMG! This is the best sweet potato casserole I’ve ever eated. Normally, I take a spoonful just because it’s the holiday and you have to…but tonight, people kept going back for more and more of THIS! The flavor were spot on and the streusel was delicious!!! Everyone thought it was amazing…kids included!

    • hrs24

      did you have to adjust the amounts of each ingredient when making it for 25 guests? if yes, what amounts did you use? i have to make this dish for 25 this weekend, would love your help! :)

  • Jackers77

    2nd paragraph…….

    “Add 1/2 cup dark brown sugar and heavy cream to sweet potatoes and mix in brown sugar and heavy cream.”

  • Anon

    I find that I needed a lot more brown sugar than the recipe calls for to make it taste exactly like boston market’s potatos. But OMG it is soo delicious when you get it right!!

    • hrs24

      how much brown sugar did you end up using?

  • Nomames

    I loved it except the nutmeg gave it a spicier flavor than Boston Market’s. Overall, it’s a great recipe!

    • http://www.copykat.com Stephanie

      Sometimes nutmeg can vary in its heat. Sometimes it is a good idea to try out your spices before adding them to a recipe. I know I have made things way to hot by adding red pepper flakes.

    • Gibby

      I believe Boston market uses allspice as opposed to Nutmeg.

  • sajid Ayaan

    this recipe will helpful for cooking site and useles to short term recipe.this recipe is helpful for short term cooking.

  • Mr. Cheap-date

    this recipe is great!! its like sweep potato pie on steroids with crystal meth sprinkled on the top! I became “the man” when i brought over this dish… and its just as good hot at it is cold…

    • Sdigi1

      lol I love your analogy

    • Sdigi1

      lol I love your analogy

  • Cmo60440

    imsmayer
    Mash sweet potatoes together with 1/4 stick of butter using a blender, or hand masher. Process sweet potatoes until they are mostly smooth. Add in 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and blend until you have a uniform mixture. Add 1/2 cup dark brown sugar and heavy heavy cream to sweet potatoes and mix in brown sugar and heavy cream. THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE<<<<<<<<<

  • Prom Queen

    I tried this recipe, and I thought it was great. I wanted to prepare everything ahead of time for my christmas meal, and this recipe was definitely a keeper. I just used cooked sweet potatoes. Thanks for the video.

  • imsmayer

    Just made the recpie and discovered I forgot to add the heavy cream. Re-read the instructions to find it wasn’t included – LOL! Please update your instructions :)

    • Stephanie Manley

      It was covered in the second paragraph.

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