Best Scalloped Sweet Potatoes
This delicious recipe features thin sweet potato
medallions in a buttery brown sugar sauce spiced
with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Top it off with
mini marshmallows and chopped pecans! The perfect
flavor combination and excellent addition to your
Christmas or Thanksgiving menu.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time Cook Time
15 mins 55 mins
Course: Side Dish Cuisine: American
Keyword: Christmas Sides, Healthy Holiday Dinner Side Dish,
Scalloped Sweet Potato Recipe, Sweet Potato Sides, Thanksgiving
Sides
Servings: 5 Calories: 369kcal Author: Stacey Adams
Equipment
1 Pie dish, shallow casserole dish or oven safe skillet.
Aluminum foil
Ingredients
5-6 medium sweet potatoes *Peeled & cut into thin medallions
¼ cup unsalted butter *see note below
¼ cup brown sugar *light or dark
½ cup water
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup chopped pecans *or walnuts
½ cup mini marshmallows *see note below
Recipe notes:
General: I highly recommend using a mandoline slicer to cut your
potatoes into thin slices. You can use a knife, but a mandoline will make
the task much easier!
Unsalted butter: salted will work in a pinch, but I wouldn't include the
additional ¼ teaspoon of added salt if you go this route.
Marshmallows: add a handful more for good measure, if desired!
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Peel sweet potatoes, cut them into medallions and arrange them in
your baking dish.
3. Place a small or medium saucepan on the stovetop. Add unsalted
butter, brown sugar, water, spices and salt. Turn heat to medium and
stir ingredients as they melt together.
¼ cup unsalted butter, ¼ cup brown sugar, ½ cup water,
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground cloves,
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg, ¼ teaspoon salt
4. Once the mixture is fully melted, use a pastry brush to evenly
distribute ¾ of your sauce onto sweet potato medallions. Cover
baking dish with foil and bake for 45-50 minutes.
5. Remove baking dish from the oven and take foil off. Distribute the
remaining ¼ of your sauce mixture onto the potato medallions.
Sprinkle with chopped pecans and mini marshmallows.
¼ cup chopped pecans, ½ cup mini marshmallows
6. Place baking dish back into the oven and turn it to the broil setting.
Broil for 1-2 minutes to toast the marshmallows. Keep a close eye on
the dish as your broil, it won't take long!
7. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10-15 minutes. Serve and
enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1/5th of recipe (all values are approximate). | Calories: 369kcal |
Carbohydrates: 46.1g | Protein: 2.9g | Fat: 20.1g | Fiber: 5.2g | Sugar:
23.6g
