Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2007

Use less butter than called for, I scratched orange zest on the first batch... will try some other time perhaps. Touch of coconut was yummy:)

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april

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2007

My family loves this recipe! Huge hit.

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KellyC

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2006

These sweet potatoes were very good. I made them for some New Zealand friends who aren't used to mashing their sweet potatoes or eating them with sugar and they went back for seconds. I would definitely make these again. I did leave out the orange since I didn't have one in the house. I also share the opinion that the topping could be cut in half (and I really love sweet things) if you don't want it so sweet. I also think the egg is noticeable if you think about it, so maybe I'll cut down to one egg next time.

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Ginny

Home Town: Dayton, Ohio, USA

Living In: Governors Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand

Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2006

Excellent! A real crowd pleaser. I substituted canned yams for the sweet potatoes. The topping is wonderful, but I think you could actually cut it in half. Plan on making this again!

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Melissa in Key West

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Key West, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2006

I love sweet potato casserole and only make it during the holiday's. I tried this recipe this year and didn't care for the orange flavor in it. Will make again but without orange zest.

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cookinlikecrazy

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2006

I made this for Thanksgiving and it was a huge hit with everyone!! The only reason i did not give this 5 stars, is because it was way too sweet for me. In the future, I will cut back on the sugar by half in both the sweet potato mixture and the strerusel topping or maybe add more sweet potatoes. My dad is a diabetic, so I used Splenda (brown and white) in this recipe without a problem. As a personal touch, rather than have all of the streusel on the top, I layered the sweet potatoes and streusel twice. This really helped distribute the streusel's crunch and flavor throughout the whole casserole, not just the top. This recipe will now be my first choice for a sweet potato casserole recipe. Thanks!!

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Debby S.

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2006

I always want to try a recipe exactly how it is listed, but it didn't happen that way for this Thanksgiving. I also didn't have any orange zest or coconut, so they were left out. It also helps if you really read the recipe. The ingredients for the topping were suppose to be set aside, but I didn't read far enough to "set aside" and added it to the mashed sweet potatoes. So I had that plus the rest of the ingredients. I did want that good topping so just used about 1/2 c of br. sugar with some chopped pecans. Even with my goofs, it was still a hit. It wasn't over powering with sweetness. I used Splenda brown sugar combination with real sugar.

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SHARYN MCDONALD

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2006

This recipe wasn't even worth trying. Too much hype and it was horrible, the orange zest overpowered the sweet potatoes and the nut mixture was not tasty at all. Next time I will do the typical sweet yams with brown sugar and vanilla and cut the nut mixture in half.

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