Dairy-Free Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe with Crispy Topping

For most of my childhood, I thought I hated sweet potatoes. As it turns out, I just didn’t like my sweet potatoes with marshmallows. This easy dairy-free sweet potato casserole is just like the classic, but with a crispy topping instead of marshmallows.

This recipe is also fully tested vegan, egg-free, nut-free, soy-free, and gluten-free. If you don’t need gluten-free, you might also like the oat crumble topping on our Vegan Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe. If you don’t need egg-free, I’ve got you covered with an egg option in the recipe notes.

This dairy-free sweet potato casserole recipe with photo was shared with us by Enjoy Life Foods.

Special Diet Notes: Dairy-Free Sweet Potato Casserole

By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan, vegetarian, and generally top food allergy-friendly.

We have included an egg option for those of you who can eat eggs. If you confuse eggs with dairy, you’re not alone! See this post: Are Eggs Dairy?

Dairy-Free Sweet Potato Casserole with Crispy Topping

Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

50 mins

Total time

1 hour

This popular side is sweet enough without the addition of marshmallows!

Author: Enjoy Life Foods

Recipe type: Side

Cuisine: American

Serves: 8 servings

Ingredients

Sweet Potato Filling

3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
⅔ cup lightly crushed crispy rice or cornflake cereal
½ cup pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds, chopped
½ cup + ½ cup brown sugar, divided
⅓ cup + 2 tablespoons oil (can sub dairy-free buttery spread), divided
3 cups mashed sweet potatoes
½ to 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, to taste
⅛ to ¼ teaspoon salt, to taste

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 400°F and lightly grease a casserole dish.
In a small bowl, whisk together the water and ground flaxseed, and let it sit for 5 minutes.
Put the cereal, seeds, ½ cup brown sugar, and oil in a medium bowl, and stir until the ingredients are evenly distributed.
In a mixing bowl, blend the sweet potatoes, remaining ½ cup brown sugar, flax mixture, remaining 2 tablespoons oil, cinnamon, and salt.
Spread the sweet potato mixture evenly in your prepared casserole dish.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are heated throughout.
Evenly sprinkle on the topping and bake for 10 more minutes.

Notes

Okay with Eggs? If you don't have an issue with eggs or baked eggs, then you can substitute 1 large egg for the flax-water mixture.