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Gluten Free Friday – Praline Sweet Potatoes

I can hardly believe Thanksgiving is next week! We will be having our usual gathering of a few families and any folks who can’t travel to their own homes for the holiday. It is one of my kids’ favorite days of the year – lots of guests and lots of food and lots of football – like heaven!

If you’ve ever eaten Mexican food in Texas, you know that you can’t leave the restaurant without being tempted, on your way out, to buy a praline, which is a candy with lots of butter, sugar, and pecans. They are delicious, and this recipe adds their sweet – candy-ness to top off a wonderful Thanksgiving side dish. Inspired by an old Austin, TX Junior Forum cookbook called Changing Thymes, this recipe is one of Robert’s favorites. I think I left it off the menu one year and he pouted, so it has now become a forever traditional Krum Thanksgiving dish. It is easily made gluten free and dairy free if you tweak just a few things. This morning on the Today Show I even saw a sweet potato dish that used coconut milk and a bit of curry! So, go ahead and substitute the milk with coconut or almond or rice, and the butter with something like Smart Balance if you need a dairy free dish!

Praline Sweet Potatoes

6 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1 stick butter

Praline Topping:

1 stick butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup finely chopped pecans
1/2 cup GF flour

Mix (I use a hand mixer) together mashed sweet potatoes, brown sugar, vanilla, milk, and butter. Spread in a baking dish.

For topping, stir together butter, brown sugar, pecans, and GF flour until crumbly. Sprinkle on top of sweet potato mixture. Bake at 350* for 30 minutes. Topping should spread out a bit and may even be bubbly. Serve warm.

*A couple of times, I’ve added GF oatmeal, cinnamon, etc. to the topping to make more of a “crisp” topping. Yum!

2 thoughts on “Gluten Free Friday – Praline Sweet Potatoes

  1. Yum! Yum! Yum! I think I'll try this on Wednesday when Jack's kids come over. Anything praline takes the prize! Love, Kelly and Jack

  2. Oh I wish I was on top of my blog life – I missed this recipe. It sounds wonderful. I may have to try it with the leftovers. 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!

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