Whether savory or sweet, a sweet potato dish can easily make a winning impression at Thanksgiving dinner. Here are 20 recipes that include casseroles, soups, pies, and more.
Don’t limit traditional pie spices—clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg—to the dessert table. In this cheesy, rich gratin, the spices take a savory note alongside kale, sweet potatoes, and sharp white cheddar.
Baked Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar and Black Pepper
SAVEUR associate food editor Ben Mims loves brown sugar and black pepper together: the pepper provides a pleasant heat, and the sugar brings out the spice’s latent sweetness. On a rich and earthy baked potato, the combination is a natural. See the recipe for Baked Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar and Black Pepper »
Layers of spiced sweet potato cake alternate with marshmallowy meringue icing in a rich dessert that’s a riff on the classic Thanksgiving side.
Sweet Potato Casserole
This recipe was given to SAVEUR’s assistant test kitchen director, Ben Mims, by his aunt Barbara Jane Busick, a home cook in Brandon, Mississippi. See the recipe for Sweet Potato Casserole »
A trick we learned while getting this recipe from Alabama native Alma Lambert is to make an extra top crust along with the cobbler. This way you can replace the quickly eaten up original, making two cobblers out of one. See the recipe for Sweet Potato Cobbler »
This is our adaptation of a Louisiana family recipe from How America Eats, by Clementine Paddleford, (Scribner, N.Y., 1960). See the recipe for Sweet Potato Tipsy »
A Cajun-inspired dessert comes from the home of Marcia Ball, blues singer and piano player.
This sweet potato casserole is best made with a less stringy variety of sweet potatoes called “hernadez”. See the recipe for Sweet Potato Casserole »
The kick of chile, ginger, and lime offers a welcome counterpoint to the rich, sweet flavor of yams. See the recipe for Yams with Ginger and Scallions »
The Cajun pig parties known as boucheries are festive, often raucous, and generally casual–hence the popularity of side dishes that don’t require utensils, like these sweet potatoes. Use a crinkle-cut knife to give them a little flair, if you like. See the recipe for Fried Sweet Potatoes »
Sweet potato pie is a longstanding Southern tradition–in many families, the holidays simply aren’t complete without one. See the recipe for Sweet Potato Pie »
