Sweet Potato Casserole With Ginger

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1998

For a great side dish that doesn’t taste like a dessert, parboil the potatoes before baking, cut down on the butter, and sweeten with a combination of molasses and honey.

SERVES 8 to 12

TIME 1¾ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted a sweet potato casserole recipe that was sweet without being cloying, rich enough without gratuitous fat, and didn't require the better part of the holiday weekend to prepare. We first found we needed to precook the potatoes for o...

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