Bring warm cinnamon and nutmeg flavor to sweet potatoes, baked fruit, breakfast bowls and holiday desserts. Classic Sweet Potato Casserole combines two familiar baking spices in one shaker, making it easy to season a family casserole or a single bowl of oatmeal.

A versatile blend. Start with a little, taste, and add more to suit your dish, or follow one of our easy recipes below.

Ingredients: Ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg.

Ways to use it

• Stir into mashed sweet potatoes before baking.
• Sprinkle over a sweet potato casserole along with chopped pecans and brown sugar for a warm, spiced topping.
• Toss with apples or pears for a skillet fruit topping.
• Stir into oatmeal, pancake batter or French toast custard.
• Combine with butter and brown sugar for roasted carrots or winter squash.

Sweet Potato Casserole with Spiced Pecan Topping

Serves 6. Allow approximately 60 minutes.

For the casserole:

• 2 lb sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 3 tbsp melted butter, plus extra for the baking dish
• ¼ cup milk
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tsp Classic Sweet Potato Casserole blend
• ¼ tsp salt, optional

For the topping:

• ½ cup chopped pecans
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• ¼ tsp Classic Sweet Potato Casserole blend
• 1 tbsp melted butter

Directions:

1. Heat the oven to 350°F. Butter an 8-inch-square baking dish.
2. Cover the sweet potatoes with water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 15–20 minutes, until fork-tender. Drain well.
3. Mash with the casserole butter, milk, brown sugar and 2 teaspoons of the blend. Taste and add the optional salt if desired.
4. Spread in the baking dish. Sprinkle the chopped pecans, brown sugar and additional ¼ teaspoon of the seasoning blend evenly over the top. Drizzle with the topping butter.
5. Bake for 25–30 minutes, until hot throughout. Loosely cover with foil if the pecans brown too quickly.

Warm Spiced Apples

Serves 4. Allow approximately 20 minutes.

• 4 medium apples, cored and sliced about ¼ inch thick
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp brown sugar or maple syrup
• 1 tsp Classic Sweet Potato Casserole blend
• 2 tbsp water

• 1 tsp lemon juice

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.

• Add the apples, sweetener, seasoning, water and lemon juice. Stir to coat.
• Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Uncover and cook for another 5–10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Add a splash of water if the pan becomes dry.
• Serve over oatmeal, pancakes or vanilla ice cream.

Maple-Spiced Oatmeal

Serves 2. Allow approximately 10 minutes.

• 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• 2 cups water, milk or a mixture of both
• ½ tsp Classic Sweet Potato Casserole blend
• 1–2 tbsp maple syrup, to taste

• ¼ cup raisins or chopped apple, optional

• Bring the liquid to a gentle boil in a saucepan.

• Stir in the oats, seasoning and optional raisins or apple. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5–7 minutes, stirring frequently, until creamy.
• Stir in maple syrup to taste. Divide between two bowls and serve warm.