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.
WW Friendly 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 1-½-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.
Chopping sweet potatoes
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
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into ½-inch slices
- 2 large apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- ⅓ cup shredded coconut
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Ideal slow cooker size 2- to 3-Quart.
- In a small bowl, 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.
Recipe Notes
Source: slightly adapted from Fix-It and Forget-It New Cookbook: 250 New Delicious Slow Cooker Recipes (affiliate link) by Phyllis Good
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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- Turkey Tenderloin and Sweet Potato Skillet
Here's what I used to make this easy, healthy & delicious sweet potato apple casserole for the slow cooker!
Martha is the founder and main content writer for Simple-Nourished-Living.
A longtime lifetime WW at goal, she is committed to balancing her love of food and desire to stay slim while savoring life and helping others do the same.
She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.
A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.
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Deborah
Do you know what the points would be for the sweet potato apple casserole if the pecans were omitted?
Martha McKinnon
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!!
Jennifer Griffin
Did you elevate the casserole dish on mason jar lids?
Thanks,
Jen Griffin
Martha McKinnon
I didn't Jennifer but you could if you want.
Jennifer
Thanks for replying so quickly. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Sue
Do you 5hunk I could use butternut squash in place of sweet potatoes?
Martha McKinnon
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!
Mike
This looks really good! Do you use sweetened shredded coconut?
Martha McKinnon
Hi Mike, I use sweetened coconut. ~Martha