Vegan Sweet Potato Casserole
 
Ingredients
  • Base Layer:
  • 4 roasted sweet potatoes (see below for instructions on how to roast sweet potatoes)
  • 2 tablespoons Earth Balance
  • ¼ cup almond milk
  • ¼ cup orange juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
  • Topping:
  • ¼ cup Earth Balance
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup flour
  • 1 cup pecans
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
Instructions
  1. Roasted Sweet Potatoes
  2. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
  3. Place 4 sweet potatoes on parchment paper lined cookie sheet
  4. Poke potatoes with fork several times
  5. Bake for 45 minutes or until potatoes tender
  6. Remove skin from sweet potatoes
  7. Base layer
  8. Preheat oven to 350 and grease 8 x 8 pan with coconut oil
  9. Mash sweet potatoes and mix with Earth Balance
  10. Mix in almond milk, orange juice, vanilla extract, sugar, maple syrup, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
  11. Pour mixture into greased pan.
  12. Topping:
  13. Mix Earth Balance, brown sugar, flour, chopped pecans, and maple syrup in a bowl.
  14. Sprinkle topping on sweet potato base layer.
  15. Bake dish for 45 minutes.
Recipe by The Fussy Fork at http://www.thefussyfork.com/vegan-sweet-potato-casserole/