Canning sweet potatoes

This is a walk-through of the USDA procedure for safely home pressure canning sweet potatoes

Pressure canning sweet potatoes is an easy way to preserve them for year-round use. Once canned, they're shelf stable and ready to eat at a moment's notice. Just heat and serve, or prepare them in your favorite recipes.

I love sweet potatoes, any shape, fashion or form! And since this is one thing that I continually buy, I thought I’d try canning some this year. There’s 2 variations – plain a…

How to pressure can sweet potatoes with honey. Note these will come out soft.

With lots of sweet potatoes in storage I started canning the smaller ones. The larger ones will keep a long time but the smaller ones I usually just put into jars to later become pies or casseroles. First I washed peeled and cut mu potatoes into about 1 inch cubes. While preparing my jars and utensils I let my potatoes sit in a large bowl of warm water and about 2 Tablespoons of sea salt to prevent them from browning. Now is the time to put on a small pot of water to heat your lids and to…

Sweet potato butter makes great holiday gifts and is perfect for slathering over biscuits, toast, or your favorite bread.

These 15-minute canned candied sweet potatoes are an easy side dish for Thanksgiving. Simply coat in a buttery brown sugar glaze, sprinkled with cinnamon and nutmeg and cooked in a skillet until they are glazed with all the the sweet goodness. This is a classic Southern dish for your holiday table.

There are many ways to enjoy home canned sweet potatoes such as in casseroles, blended into soups, mashed as a side dish or created into sweet potato pie filling. While many enjoy these root crops candied, this recipe is simply preserved in water so the end uses are greater. For candied sweet potato recipe, see the Ingredient Tip below.

This recipe for canning sweet potatoes is perfect for preserving, and having a ready-to-eat side...

Cranberry Pecan Sweet Potato Casserole - a must for your Thanksgiving dinner! Diced sweet potatoes tossed in brown sugar, orange juice, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, and dried cranberries. Top the casserole with a crunchy topping of flour, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, butter, and chopped pecans. Can make in advance and refrigerate or freeze for later. #casserole #thanksgiving #sweetpotato #christmas