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WW Recipe of the Day: Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Apple Casserole
I have a new favorite slow cooker sweet potato recipe. This slow cooker sweet potato apple casserole.
Prior to discovering it in Fix-It and Forget-It New Cookbook: 250 New Delicious Slow Cooker Recipes (affiliate link) and testing it out, my favorite crock pot sweet potato dish had been this Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Applesauce recipe from Betty Crocker. It had become my go-to way to prepare sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving.
Can you believe that Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away? I’ve gotta get a move on if I’m going to cook and post all the great slow cooker Thanksgiving recipes I wanted to try!
The Skinny on WW Friendly Sweet Potato Apple Casserole
The recipe instructions said to cook this slow cooker casserole directly in a 2- to 3-Quart crock pot. But, I decided to put it in a 1-1/2-quart casserole dish (affiliate link) that I placed inside my 6-Quart slow cooker (affiliate link) instead.
I cut back just a little on the butter, coconut and brown sugar since we don’t like our sweet potatoes too sweet.
Both Rod and I loved the combination of textures and flavors provided by the addition of coconut and chopped pecans. It’s definitely a recipe I plan to make again.
How Many Calories/WW Points in this Easy Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole for the Crock Pot?
According to my calculations each serving has 237 calories and:
7 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
7 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
4 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
6 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
If you skip the butter you can shave one SmartPoint per serving for all plans.
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Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Apple Casserole Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 2 large apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/3 cup shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Ideal slow cooker size 2- to 3-Quart.
- In a small bowl (affiliate link), combine the sugar, ginger and salt until well blended. Set aside
- Coat a baking dish that will fit in your slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray.
- Arrange half the sweet potato slices in the baking dish.
- Cover the sweet potatoes with the apple slices.
- Sprinkle half the brown sugar mixture over the apples.
- Arrange the remaining sweet potato slices over the apples.
- Sprinkle with the remaining brown sugar mixture.
- Drizzle melted butter over the sweet potatoes.
- Cover and cook on LOW until the sweet potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork, about 5 to 7 hours.
- Combine the coconut and chopped pecans and sprinkle over the sweet potato apple casserole.
- Uncover and cook 10 minutes more.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Source: slightly adapted from Fix-It and Forget-It New Cookbook: 250 New Delicious Slow Cooker Recipes (affiliate link) by Phyllis Good
Could this be made in the oven? I don’t have a dish that will go in the slow cooker.
Hi Carolyn,
Yes, I’m sure this would work fine in the oven. I would cook it in a covered casserole dish at 350 for about 45 minutes to 1 hour until the sweet potatoes are tender. Then uncover, sprinkle with the coconut/nuts and bake for 10 minutes or so until the coconut starts to brown slightly. Hope this helps. ~Martha
This looks really good! Do you use sweetened shredded coconut?
Hi Mike, I use sweetened coconut. ~Martha
Do you 5hunk I could use butternut squash in place of sweet potatoes?
Hi Sue, I haven’t tried it with Butternut squash but think it would work fine. If you try it let us know how it turns out for you!
Did you elevate the casserole dish on mason jar lids?
Thanks,
Jen Griffin
I didn’t Jennifer but you could if you want.
Thanks for replying so quickly. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Do you know what the points would be for the sweet potato apple casserole if the pecans were omitted?
Hi Deborah,
According to my calculations 1/4 cup has 210 calories so if you divide 210 calories by 8 servings that equates to 26 calories a serving from the nuts. If you eliminate them, subtract 1 WW Points+. Hope this helps!!