Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe (with Applesauce & Pecans)

Sweet potatoes are a staple around here. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, we eat them at least a few times a week. They are a great source of vitamin C, calcium, potassium and more. They are low glycemic index which means they don’t affect blood sugar the way their white potato cousins do. Plus, combined with some grass-fed butter, cinnamon, nuts or other toppings, they can actually taste like a decadent treat.

I recently bought a cool new triple slow cooker with three 1-1/2 quart crocks in it and I had my head set on making sweet potatoes in it. We had a sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving last year and I had been looking for a way to clean it up ingredient-wise. This was the perfect opportunity and it turned out great, my son and I fought over the leftovers.

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Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

8 hours

Total time

8 hours 10 mins

 

Author: Kim

Recipe type: side dish

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 3 sweet potatoes (or yams which are supposed to be sweeter) – peeled & diced into cubes
• ⅓ cup coconut sugar
• ¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1½ tablespoons melted butter
• 2 tbsp chopped pecans
• ½ – 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. Place sweet potatoes in slow cooker
2. Mix together coconut sugar, applesauce, butter and cinnamon and pour over sweet potatoes
3. Cover
4. Cook on low for 6-8 hours
5. Potatoes will be very tender when done
6. Sprinkle with nuts and serve

Notes

You can use brown sugar in place of the coconut sugar, but I like the coconut sugar because it has a lower glycemic index.

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Excuse me while I go make this again…