I love beautiful orange praline sweet potatoes with pecans. They taste like dessert to me.
This sweet potato recipe is especially delicious. This is another recipe that comes from my mom’s collection. I asked her where she originally got the recipe, and she went back to try and figure it out but was not sure.
I can tell you that the crunchy and sweet praline top is like candy. I did leave a little section of it off because I knew my kids might not even try it seeing it had that top. I was right, but man they were missing out. Oh well! More for me.
Beautiful Orange Praline Sweet Potatoes with Pecans
What about you? Are sweet potatoes a Thanksgiving tradition for you? Do you just stick with the traditional mashed potatoes?
These orange praline sweet potatoes aren’t necessarily a traditional recipe, but they do have a similar flavor profile. To me, it is a step up from your grandma’s traditional recipe. No offense to your grandma.
Like my mashed potato recipe, this is a dish you can make the day before, which makes preparation on the day of any event much easier.
Orange Praline Sweet Potatoes
4 lbs sweet potatoes
2/3 cup orange juice
1 Tbsp grated orange zest
5 Tbsp Brandy
2 tsp salt
fresh pepper, to taste
3/4 cups butter, melted and divided
1 cup light brown sugar, divided
3 egg yolks
1 cup chopped pecans
1 tsp cinnamon
Boil a pot of water. Add potatoes and cook until tender, 20-3o minutes. You should be able to pierce it with a fork. In a mixer or with a hand mixer, beat potatoes until smooth. Add orange juice, grated orange zest, Brandy, salt, pepper, 1/4 cup melted butter, 1/3 cup brown sugar and egg yolks. Beat until fluffy. Pour into a 12″ porcelain quiche dish or shallow pan. Combine remaining ingredients (1/4 cup melted butter, 2/3 cup brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon). Spread over the potatoes. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Bake on 350 for 45-50 minutes until brown and bubbly. Let stand for 10-12 minutes.
Here’s the sweet potatoes before adding the praline topping.
Here is the dish before entering the oven.
If you are looking for a great mashed potato recipe, you should really try my overnight mashed potatoes. Make it the day before!
Don’t forget the rolls:
Beautiful Orange Praline Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 lbs sweet potatoes
- 2/3 cup orange juice
- 1 Tbsp grated orange zest
- 5 Tbsp Brandy
- 2 tsp salt
- fresh pepper to taste
- 3/4 cups butter melted and divided
- 1 cup light brown sugar divided
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Boil a pot of water.
- Add potatoes and cook until tender, 20-30 minutes. You should be able to pierce it with a fork.
- In a mixer or with a hand mixer, beat potatoes until smooth.
- Add orange juice, grated orange zest, Brandy, salt, pepper, 1/4 cup melted butter, 1/3 cup brown sugar and egg yolks. Beat until fluffy.
- Pour into a 12″ porcelain quiche dish or shallow pan.
- Combine remaining ingredients (1/4 cup melted butter, 2/3 cup brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon).
- Spread over the potatoes.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Bake on 350 for 45-50 minutes until brown and bubbly. Let stand for 10-12 minutes.
I roast the sweet potatoes instead of boiling and peeling. The flavor of the sweet potatoes is better and the peels come easily off.
Great advice. Thanks for taking the time to comment and share your tip. 🙂