Easy Sweet Potato Souffle Recipe (2024)

The Sweet Potato Souffle recipe is a light and creamy Thanksgiving side dish and a perfect way to use sweet potatoes or yams! No worries this is a make ahead side dish that is very easy with the consistency of a souffle, but no the work of making a souffle!

This sweet potato souffle is always a staple as a Thanksgiving side dish. Vitamin A, fiber, beta-carotene and potassium are just a few benefits of the sweet potato while turning this sweet potato into a side dish or dessert!

And no, a sweet potato is not a yam though many (including myself) have used the names interchangeably. The sweet potato packs a double punch with its’ nutritional values as well as health benefits.

Sweet Potato Souffle is a wonderful side dish which is conducive to serving as a sweet side dish with most entrees.

One warning: the sweet potato soufflé is sweet which will please any who like sweet potatoes and havea sweet tooth. Even non sweet potato fans might be won over by this recipe.

This baked sweet potato souffle recipe freezes very well and can be easily dividedinto single portion containers for Thanksgiving or holiday leftovers.

Is This A Pie Or Souffle?

The crust is optional because this is a light and fluffy souffle consistency. When serving as a souffle I bake in a decorative baking dish and serve right from the oven to the table. When using a pie crust, the dish does look like a pie, but because of the consistency is a very light and fluffy souffle (but in a pie crust)!

This is a soft, creamy and delish side dish which can accompany many entrees and will satisfy the tastes of many!

How To Make Sweet Potato Souffle

Ingredients

3 sweet potatoes

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup milk

1 beaten egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup melted butter

a dash of salt

1 pre made pie crust (optional)

Directions

1. This souffle can be made with or without a crust. If using a premade pie crust, bake/prep the pie crust according to the directions.
2. Boil sweet potatoes until tender, cool and remove skin.
3. Puree or mash the sweet potatoes to a smooth consistency. I used a ricer to ensure the consistency was smooth.
4. Add sugar, milk, butter, egg, vanilla and salt.
5. Mix.
6. Pour into greased 2 quart baking dish.
7. If using a pie crust, pour the mixture into the prepped pie crust.
8. Bake for 40 minutes, 350 degrees.

Sweet Potato Soufflé Recipe Tips:

The ricer is a great tool to produce truly smooth mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes. The tool is particularly helpful with sweet potatoes due to the sweet potato strings which are an inherent part of the potato and need to be separated and removed.

The ricerdoes take extra labor, but the effort is rewarded with a silky smooth consistency.

I frequently halved thesweet potato soufflé recipe and found the results were the same as cooking the whole recipe.

The recipe also lends itself well to those on a soft food diet, a crumble topping could be added for additional texture if a soft food diet is not required.

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