Easy Crock Pot Sweet Potato Casserole is a favorite side dish for any Thanksgiving table! Sweet Potato Casserole in the slow cooker makes this gluten-free holiday classic even easier. You can make the whole dish right in the Crock-Pot saving room in the oven on Thanksgiving Day!
EASY CROCK POT SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE
I am a lover of Sweet Potato Casserole! Sweet Potato Casserole is always on the Thanksgiving menu at my house. One of my favorite things is to have sweet and savory together so as you imagine Thanksgiving is an exciting day for me. I love to make my Slow Cooker Turkey Breast, Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes, and this Sweet Potato Casserole. This Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows is hands-down the best you will ever have. The spices paired with the buttery sweet potatoes give you all the warm fall feelings.
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Thanksgiving Crock Pot Side Dish
Who doesn't love to find recipes for Thanksgiving that don't take up the oven? This dish is made in the slow cooker and tastes great! You can even travel with it. I use my Crock Cook and Carry for any recipe like this and bring it along in the car since it's always hard to find room in the oven on Thanksgiving. I usually leave the marshmallows for the end and pop them in the oven a few minutes before dinner is served.
Did you know you can put a Crock-Pot insert in the oven up to 400 degrees? Here's the link in case you don't believe me 🙂 I love taking a few minutes and using the oven as a finishing touch to add a little crispiness to the dish.
GLUTEN FREE SIDE DISH
This recipe is naturally gluten-free! All the ingredients in it are gluten-free. As always I make all of my recipes gluten-free because my husband has celiac disease which means he is allergic to gluten. You know all my recipes will be tested and served with only gluten-free products.
INGREDIENTS FOR EASY CROCK POT SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE
- BUTTER
- BROWN SUGAR
- CINNAMON
- NUTMEG
- ALLSPICE
- VANILLA
- CORNSTARCH
- SWEET POTATOES
- MINI MARSHMALLOWS
HOW TO MAKE EASY CROCK POT SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE
Step 1. Cube sweet potatoes and add to slow cooker.
Step 2. Add 1 tablespoon cornstarch to sweet potatoes and stir.
Step 3. Mix melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and vanilla together in a separate bowl. Pour over sweet potatoes.
Step 3. Cover and cook on low heat for 7-8 hours or high heat for 4-5 hours.
Step 4. Mash to desired constancy.
Step 5. Top sweet potatoes with mini marshmallows. Cover and allow the marshmallows to melt.
Step 6. Optional- Put slow cooker insert only into the oven at 400 degrees to brown marshmallows.
Step 7. Serve immediately.
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EASY CROCK POT SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE
Ingredients
- 3 pounds sweet potatoes cubed
- ¼ cup butter melted
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ cups mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Cube sweet potatoes and add to slow cooker.
- Add 1 tablespoon cornstarch to sweet potatoes and stir.
- Mix melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon,nutmeg, allspice, and vanilla together in a separate bowl. Pour over sweet potatoes.
- Cover and cook on low heat for 7-8 hours or high heat for 4-5 hours.
- Once finsished cooking, mash to desired constancy.
- Top sweet potatoes with mini marshmallows. Cover and allow the marshmallows to melt. Optional- Put slow cooker insert only into the oven at 400 degrees to brown marshmallows.
- Serve immediately.
Dee says
What size crock pot did you use?
Allison Treadwell says
Hi Dee! I used a 7qt crockpot. Hope you enjoy the recipe!
Melissa says
Hello,
This recipe sounds great. I am bringing this to a work potluck, do you think I could double the recipe? Or would that be too much for one crock pot to handle?
I was thinking about making the sweet potatoes the same as usual, then transferring to the crockpot to keep warm during transport, and topping with the marshmallows right before I leave the house, and using your trick of throwing the crock pot insert into the oven to toast the marshmallows
Allison Treadwell says
Hi Melissa! What size crockpot do you have? If you have a 7qt I think that will work just fine! If you aren't even cooking them in the crockpot then you should be totally fine. Hope you enjoy it!
Gail Lewis says
Can you use canned?
Allison Treadwell says
Hi Gail! Of course! Even easier 🙂
Britt says
In the video it shows water but it’s not in the recipe above how much water do you put it?
Nettie Moore says
Hi Allison,
I am making your recipe for Thanksgiving! My daughter who is a newlywed is hosting this year and she requested that I make this! YUM! I have the Crock and Carry that I will use as well since she lives 4 hours away. Plus, it's gluten-free for my daughter in law who has celiac's.
I have a question, I have the canned sweet potatoes, can I use those? Or do I have to use fresh sweet potatoes for this recipe? Would the spices be the same? Would I need cornstarch?
Thank you for your help!
Nettie
Allison Treadwell says
Hi Nettie! Yes you can use canned sweet potatoes but you will only need to follow the recipe from when the sweet potatoes are cooked since canned sweet potatoes are already soft. The spices would be the same and you can skip the cornstarch. Hope you love the recipe!