| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 45 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Cook: | 35 min |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, for greasing the baking dish
- 1 1/2 pounds yams, peeled and cut lengthwise into 1-inch thick slices
- 5 ounces (about 32) sweetened round crackers (recommended: Maria Crackers), or graham crackers
- 3/4 cup whole almonds, coarsely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted butter, diced
- 4 large ripe but firm bananas, peeled and halved lengthwise
- 1 (10 1/2-ounce) bag mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat the bottom of a 13 by 9 by 2-inch glass baking dish with 2 tablespoons butter. Set aside
- In a heavy medium pot add the yams and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer until tender, about 10 minutes. (The color of the yams will turn brighter).
- Meanwhile, put the crackers, almonds, cinnamon, and salt in a food processor and pulse a few times to combine until coarse but not fully ground. Add 6 tablespoons butter and pulse until the mixture forms lumps slightly larger than peas. Refrigerate the streusel topping until ready to use.
- Spread half of the bananas and yams in 1 layer in the bottom of the prepared dish. Sprinkle with half of the streusel and half of the marshmallows. Repeat to make 1 more layer. Bake until the marshmallows are golden, about 25 minutes. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 8 servings |
| Calories | 458 |
| Total Fat | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Carbohydrates | 72 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 7 g |
| Sugar | 30 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 31 mg |
| Sodium | 194 mg |
Reviews
I’ve made this dish a few times & everyone always raves! I love this recipe & have added it to my standard holiday repertoire.
Okay let me start off by saying I do NOT like sweet potatoes at all.
This was so amazing! Everyone loved it and wanted the recipe. Thank you so much❤️
I would definitely recommend this for any occasion.
It’s a must !
This was so amazing! Everyone loved it and wanted the recipe. Thank you so much❤️
I would definitely recommend this for any occasion.
It’s a must !
I have made this for years. A staple!
Not sure if this is supposed to be a dessert or not, but it is sweet enough to be one. I made mine in an 8×8 inch pan with the following ingredients:
1.5 bananas
3 slices of yams
7 oz vanilla wafer cookies
The rest of the ingredients I did the same as the original recipe. I only did one layer instead of two since my pan couldn’t hold any more than that. I used a blender, and it was difficult to blend all the ingredients as instructed in the original recipe. Blending the ingredients in small portions helped, as well as melting down the butter. I changed the bake time to no more than 20 minutes because the marshmallows were already getting burnt by that point.
There is nothing like this…heaven….#1 Yam/Sweat Potato Casserole!!
THis is the first recipe of Marcella’s that I did not like
it was something differnt.
This was THE BEST Sweet Potato dish I have ever made! Everyone loved it.
Thank you,
Greg
Thank you,
Greg
Just made this for Thanksgiving, came out great. I took the advice from some of the other reviews and increased the amount of yams to 3lbs and it worked out perfect. I also used a mixed amount of pecans and almonds, since pecans is pretty traditional for this dish in the south. I also added cinnamon and nutmeg and chopped pecans after the last layer of marshmallows to add texture to the crust.
I loved it. Absolutely worth making. BUT – Watch the video to learn how to make it right. As usual, Food Network’s recipes do not match the process or in some cases the ingredients of the show.