Sweet Potato Pudding Recipe
Enjoy Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pudding at Your Next Holiday Meal
If you are looking for a sweet side dish to go with your Thanksgiving or Christmas meal, then Southern Sweet Potato Pudding is an excellent choice.
The sweet taste of the pudding goes really well with Old Fashioned Oven Baked Turkey and Southern Oyster Stuffing. If you’ve never had sweet potato pudding, it’s similar to corn pudding. Sweet potatoes are grated and mixed up, then baked in the oven for a nice side dish that is colorful as well as tasty.
Southern Sweet Potato Pudding Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 cups sweet potato (raw – peeled and grated like for potato latkes)
- 1 can (13 oz.) evaporated milk
- ½ cup whole milk (do not use skim milk or the pudding will be runny)
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter or margarine (melted)
- 1 cup coconut (flaked type)
Directions:
- Combine the eggs and the sugar in a big mixing bowl and mix well. It is fine to use a hand or a stand mixer at this point.
- Add both types of milk, cinnamon, salt and butter. Mix well.
- Stir in shredded sweet potato and coconut and stir. Wait until the last minute to shread the sweet potato, because it can discolor like white potatoes.
- Pour into a lightly greased or Pam sprayed medium sized casserole dish (9 x 9 or similar).
- Bake for an hour at 350 degrees F or until the center is set. The edges may very lightly brown, but this is a light colored side dish when done - light orange with a glow.
If you’ve looking for sweet potato recipes, check out these other favorite Southern sweet potato dishes:
Southern Sweet Potato Casserole - This sweet potato casserole is made with mashed sweet potatoes rather than grated sweet potatoes. Topped with pecans and sugar, this one is tasty enough to be a dessert.
Southern Sweet Potato Pie - Yum! This is some good eatin'. If you're a pumpkin pie fan, you're sure to love sweet potato pie. Serve it with some whipped topping, and you have a dessert that will make your head spin.
Sweet Potato Bread - Moist and flavorful, sweet potato bread is a real treat on a cold day. This recipe is a bit like banana bread, but it's orange and has a hint of sweet potato flavor. Kids love this bread, and it packs well to go in a lunch box or to take on a car trip for the holidays.
If you need some other tasty side dishes to go with your holiday turkey or ham, here are some excellent side dish recipes:
Southern Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes - Whip these up the night before, and you're a leg up on the holiday. Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes are very yummy, so you won't be disappointed if you do your potatoes ahead.
Green Bean Casserole - Yep. It's the classic green bean cassrole with the onion topping. Folks joke about it, but the dish sure gets empty.
Cranberry Apple Cassrole - This is a great combination. Makes a pretty dish too. Excellent for any holiday.
