Teresa’s Simple Sweet Potato Soufflé

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simple sweet potato souffle recipe with pecan coconut topping

Recently, I attended a birthday dinner for a friend. It was held at the (gorgeous!) Westchester home of Jim and Teresa Brown.  My favorite part of the dinner was Teresa’s sweet potato soufflé. While I already have a sweet potato casserole dish that I love, the topping on Teresa’s soufflé was a tasty change with its combination of pecans and coconut. Best of all, it’s very easy to prepare. (I watched as she was making it.) I asked Teresa if I could share the recipe with you and she graciously answered “Yes”, so enjoy it!

Teresa’s Simple Sweet Potato Soufflé
Courtesy of Teresa Brown

Ingredients:
Sweet Potato Mixture

  • 6-8 sweet potatoes
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 stick melted butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp vanilla

Topping

  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • ½ stick of melted butter


Directions
1. For the sweet potato mixture, bake the sweet potatoes at 350° for approximately 90 minutes.*

2. Peel the potatoes and mash them in a large bowl with a mixer. (It should produce at least 4 cups of mashed potatoes.)

3. Add the sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla to the bowl and blend everything together with the mixer.

4. Put the potato mixture into a 9×13 baking dish.

5. For the topping, mix the pecans, brown sugar, flour and coconut together in a medium bowl.

6. Add the butter and mix everything together until the topping has a crumbly texture.

7. Sprinkle the topping over the sweet potato mixture and bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes.

Recipe Notes
-For big holiday meals, you can make the soufflé the day before…just don’t bake it until the day of the meal. Keep it refrigerated until an hour before you bake it. (Teresa)

-*If time is of the essence, you can cut the sweet potato baking time down by an hour. Simply microwave 2 large sweet potatoes at a time (for approximately 10 minutes). With 6 large potatoes, it will take approximately 30 minutes instead of the hour and a half that baking in the oven would normally take. (Kimberly)

{Once again, the image is courtesy of Aine D. I was too busy eating to take a photo. It looks like this but with coconut sprinkles. I’m eating healthy(ish) at the moment, but when the next birthday or party comes up, I will make this and replace the picture!}