Easy Sweet Potato Cobbler

This Easy Sweet Potato Cobbler is a classic southern dish full of tender sweet potatoes , mixed with a gooey filling and held in with a cinnamon sugary crust . This can be served as side dish or add a scoop vanilla ice cream to serve as a dessert .

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Forget sweet potato casserole this sweet potato cobber is so much better . I will be honest with you , I was a teenager in the 1980’s before I ever saw a sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on it. I am not knocking it but my family either made Candied Sweet Potatoes or Sweet Potato Cobbler for the holidays. Once you try this you won’t ever go back to a plain sweet potato casserole .

What you will need to make Easy Sweet Potato Cobbler :

• 4 cups of peeled and cubed sweet potatoes
• Brown Sugar
• Granulated sugar
• Self Rising Flour
• Milk
• Cinnamon
• Butter
• Kitchen Knife
• Vegetable peeler -Tap HERE for my favorite
• 10 inch cast iron skillet or 2.5 quart baking dish

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Let’s make Easy Sweet Potato Cobbler !

Peel and cube sweet potatoes. Boil for 10 minutes , you should be able to pierce them with a fork . Before draining them reserve 1 cup of the water .

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and melt the butter in your skillet or dish .

Place drained sweet potatoes on top of the melted butter. Then layer the brown sugar and cinnamon on top of the potatoes .

In a mixing bowl whist together the self rising flour , granulated sugar , milk and vanilla . Mix until smooth.

Pour the cobbler topping into the skillet but do not mix together .

Now pour the reserved hot water over the contents of the skillet but Do not mix together .

Mix together the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl then sprinkle it over the cobbler , but again do not mix .

Bake for about 40 minutes or until golden brown on top.

Serve warm as a side .

Serve with a scoop of ice cream or whipped topping as a dessert .

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Easy Sweet Potato Cobbler

This Easy Sweet Potato Cobbler is a classic southern dish full of tender sweet potatoes , mixed with a gooey filling and held in with a cinnamon sugary crust . This can be served as side dish or add a scoop vanilla ice cream to serve as a dessert .

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Course Dessert, Holiday, Side Dish

Cuisine American/Southern

Servings 5 servings

Calories

Ingredients

  

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• 4 cups sweet potatoes peeled and cubed
• 6 Tablespoons butter No substitutes
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Cobbler topping

• 3/4 cup Self Rising flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup boiling water Reserved from Boiling the sweet potatoes

Cinnamon topping

• 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Optional

• Vanilla ice cream or Whipped Topping

Instructions

 

• Peel and cube sweet potatoes. Boil for 10 minutes , you should be able to pierce them with a fork .
  
• Reserve 1 cup of the water and drain the sweet potatoes
  
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Melt butter in a 10inch skillet or 3 QT baking dish
  
• Place drained sweet potatoes on top of the melted butter . Carefully spoon them over the butter in the skillet
  
• Sprinkle the top of the sweet potatoes with the brown sugar and cinnamon
  
• Mix the Self rising flour , milk , sugar and vanilla until smooth
  
• Pour over the sweet potatoes evenly – DO NOT MIX
  
• Pour the reserved hot water over evenly of the casserole -DO NOT MIX
  
• Mix together 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1/4 teaspoon of sugar in a small bowl . Sprinkle it over the cobber – Again DO NOT MIX
  
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minute or until bubbling and golden brown – If your dish is full I recommend putting an old baking sheet on the rack beneath this in case it bubbles over .
  
• Serve warm as a side
  
• As a desert serve with ice cream or whipped topping
  
• Store in a covered container in the refrigerator up to 4 days .

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Notes

This can be served as a side dish during the holidays taking the place of a sweet potato casserole

This can also be served as a dessert bay adding a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped topping  

If you double the recipe our can use a 9×13 baking dish but you may have to adjust the baking time . 

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