Old Fashioned Grated Sweet Potato Pudding.

An old fashioned grated sweet potato pudding is a labor of love. The hardest part is grating the sweet potatoes which my mother always did by hand. You can certainly a food processor but it is key to grate the sweet potatoes really fine. You don’t want to boil or bake the sweet potatoes because it changes the texture of the dish. If you have the time, this dish is certainly one that you should have on your holiday dessert table.Enjoy it as a dessert but you can also make it as a side dish.

Ingredients.

Here are the basic ingredients that you will need to make Old-Fashioned Grated Sweet Potato Pudding:

1 cup sugar

3 tablespoons melted butter

1 cup milk

1 egg

2 cups grated sweet potato, about 2 to 3 medium size potatoes

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions.

To make Old-Fashioned Grated Sweet Potato Pudding, simply…

1 Using a hand grater or food processor, grate 2-3 sweet potatoes into an 8×8 Pyrex baking dish.

2 Mix all ingredients until well combined with the grated sweet potatoes. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven, 1-1/2 to 1 hour and 45 mins. Bake until brown on top and the corners are crispy. If serving as a dessert, top with whipped cream.

Carlena Davis

@spilling_the_sweet_tea

Carlena Davis is a culinary content creator, foodie, cookbook author, children’s book author, jam and biscuit maker all rolled into one. In July 2017, she started her food blog, Spilling the Sweet Tea, combining her love for Southern cuisine and quick & delicious recipes for the entire family to enjoy.

In 2020, Carlena launched Miss Lena’s Brand starting with her peach & raspberry preserves, shipping across the United States. Carlena followed up her successful jam launch with her Miss Lena’s Buttermilk and Sweet Potato biscuit mixes and has now expanded the brand to include her signature Miss Lena’s Biscuit bowl.

She is a North Carolina native and currently lives on the East Coast with her husband and daughter, where she spends time in her home kitchen creating new recipes and reimagining classic recipes with a twist!