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Instant Pot Sweet Potato Casserole is a holiday favorite that your family will love! You don’t have to limit it to your holiday table, though – it’s now easy enough to make any time!

We love Instant Pot recipes! Some of our favorites include Cheesy Garlic Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes and The Best Instant Pot Apple Butter.

INSTANT POT SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

When you think of a holiday spread, I’m betting a Sweet Potato Casserole is one of the main options. It’s just one of those “must have” dishes! Well, I decided that there has to be a way to make it in my Instant Pot, both to free up oven space and to see if this wonderful dish could be made even better.

I think you’re going to love the results!

DO I NEED TO PEEL THE SWEET POTATOES AHEAD OF TIME?

That’s one of the things I love about this recipe – there’s no peeling required! Sweet potatoes can be difficult to peel when they’re raw. By cooking them whole, the skins just slip right off! This saves so much time and hassle, which is a bonus both for holiday meal prep and for a busy weeknight dinner!

 

IS INSTANT POT SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE OVERLY SWEET?

I think we’ve all had the candy-sweet casserole, made from canned yams. This is so much better! There is a hint of sweetness that plays so well with the spices and the deep flavor of the sweet potatoes, and the crunchy, delicious topping is the perfect finish to the dish. This is a dish everyone will love!

CAN I MAKE INSTANT POT SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE AHEAD OF TIME?

The majority of this dish can be made a day or two ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator. When you’re ready to finish it off, just add the topping and warm it up!

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Instant Pot Sweet Potato Casserole

Instant Pot Sweet Potato Casserole is a holiday favorite that your family will love! You don’t have to limit it to your holiday table, though - it’s now easy enough to make any time!
Prep Time 3 hours 55 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 55 minutes
Author Sarah

Ingredients

  • 5-7 large sweet potatoes
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 c.  butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon  vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon  cinnamon
  • 1/2 c.  white sugar
  • 2 Tablespoon  milk

Topping:

  • 1/4 c.  butter softened
  • 3 Tablespoon  all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 c.  brown sugar
  • 1/2 c. pecans

Instructions

  • Scrub sweet potatoes and cut off any bad parts.
  • Place steaming rack in the bottom of the slow cooker.
  • Place sweet potatoes in a circle inside of the Instant Pot.
  • Pour a cup of water in the Instant Pot.
  • Close Lid and Valve.
  • Cook on Manual/Pressure Cook, high pressure for 15 minutes, release naturally.
  • Once pin has fallen, remove lid and cool.
  • Pull skins off of sweet potatoes. These remove very easily once fully cooked. No need to peel them ahead of time.
  • Place sweet potatoes with skins removed in large mixing bowl and add salt, butter, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, sugar and milk.
  • Stir, mash and/or mix with hand mixer until smooth.
  • Place in 9x13 cake pan.
  • Mix together topping.
  • Put on top of sweet potato mixture.
  • Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until topping is crisp and lightly browned.

Notes

1. Using the Instant Pot makes this recipe super simple to throw together.
2. Yes, you also use the oven, but your topping would not be crispy if you didn't.

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  • Amorette DavisUser of the Free Freezer to Slow Cooker One Week Menu

    Thank you so much! As a special needs mommy these recipes have helped us so much.   I often am very busy with being a nurse for our child that I don't have time for making sure we get meals.  This allows me to do all my prep on the weekends, while my husband is home to help, and to cook during the week.  So grateful!

  • Linda SearsOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Menus

    Sarah’s Freezer to Slow Cooker ebooks have been a fantastic addition to my meal plans.  They make meal planning easy and my family happy. I love the way each recipe is laid out, with a shopping list and ingredient prep list, along with cooking instructions. Sarah’s done all the hard work for me!  The recipes have used have all been delicious and easily adaptable to my family’s taste and the number of people I’m serving.

  • FranOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebooks
     I purchased all of your freezer to slow cooker ebooks a month or so ago and I'm in love with this way of cooking.  I now have taken all 10 weeks of recipes and written them of my menu planner and then I repeated the 10 weeks and will continue to do so throughout the year.  My family of 5 adults and 1 child enjoy the meals that you have planned and I have cooked and I'm excited that the next time when that meal comes due up in the rotation I won't have to purchase anything but just pull it from the freezer.  Thank you so much
           A Happy Slow Cooker User
  • rayzn2angelsfrom Freezer to Slow Cooker Series

    This makes my life so much easier. I'm a busy work at home/stay at home mom, wife, business woman and I feel like dinner is always the thing I just never get time to do. We have done like 15 of the crockpot recipes from Sarah and they are all very yummy. They get a thumbs up from my husband and kids every time. And there is always enough for my husband to take the left overs at least 2x per recipe. I have a family of 5, 2 adults, 21, 13, 16. So it makes plenty. Thank you Sarah.

  • Dawn S.Buyer of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebook Series
    I am a 59-year-old wife and mother of two grown children.  I love your idea of fixing a lot of meals ahead of time and then pulling one out, put it in the crockpot, and you have dinner when you get home.  I hate feeling rushed when I cook so Monday - Friday I use those crockpot meals and make enough that we have lunch the next day.  I take Sunday afternoon, fix up what I need for the week (I don't have a lot of freezer space so I do a week's worth at a time) and I'm done with it!  Saturdays I like to try new recipes from some of my cookbooks which I am finding I can freeze as well!  So you have shown me a whole new way to organize my time and still put a healthy meal on the table.  Thanks so much and I look forward to future blogs.

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