A recipe for the distinctive sauce from Chick-fil-A®. Keep in a closed jar in the refrigerator.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 55 mins |
| Servings: | 14 |
| Yield: | 14 servings |
Ingredients
- 5 pounds sweet potatoes, scrubbed
- ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ½ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup honey
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar
- 1 ¾ teaspoons salt, or to taste
- ¾ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg, or to taste
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups warm milk
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup cold unsalted butter
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place potatoes on a foil- or parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until very tender, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Remove from the oven and allow to cool briefly, about 5 minutes. Peel.
- Transfer peeled sweet potatoes into a large bowl of an electric mixer fitted with beaters or a whisk attachment. Mix on low speed to begin mashing them. Add 1/2 cup butter and mix until absorbed. Add white sugar, honey, brown sugar, 1 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg; mix until thoroughly blended. Add eggs and vanilla and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add the heated milk. Taste and adjust salt and nutmeg if needed.
- Grease a 9x13x2-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon softened butter and pour potato mixture into it.
- Pour brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt for topping into a mixing bowl and mix well. Use your fingers to work the chilled butter into the mixture until it resembles oatmeal with some pea-sized pieces of butter in it. Stir in the pecan pieces and mix well. Sprinkle the mixture evenly over the top of the sweet potatoes.
- Bake in the preheated oven until topping is golden brown and crisp and sweet potatoes are set, but still slightly loose in the center, 30 to 45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 531 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 78 g |
| Cholesterol | 81 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Protein | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 11 g |
| Sodium | 466 mg |
| Sugars | 44 g |
| Fat | 23 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made it! Used salted butter because did not have unsalted butter. Still turned out great. Will make it again.