Individual Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
Baking sweet potatoes twice takes a little more time, but is well worth the effort. Orange flesh sweet potatoes are baked until nicely tender, then they are hollowed out into boat-like shapes. From there, the sweet potato filling is mashed and blended with butter, cream, maple syrup, and a hint of spices. Once perfectly combined, return the mashed sweet potatoes to the skins, cover them with a pecan streusel topping, and bake until it’s satisfyingly crisp. And last but not least they are finished with melty, broiled, and beautiful browned mini marshmallows. Such a treat to enjoy year-round, not just on Thanksgiving! Is this dessert or a Thanksgiving side dish? You decide. These are made with a medium sweetness to them but you can easily adjust it to taste by drizzling in more maple syrup as you mix. As a side note to clarify (because I always get questions on this) yes you will be using sweet potatoes here, not yams. So much confusion around this labelling but you can see the differences here.
Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe Ingredients
5 medium (12 oz each) sweet potatoes 4 Tbsp unsalted butter (well softened), plus 3 Tbsp unsalted butter (melted) 1/4 cup heavy cream 2 Tbsp maple syrup, or more to taste 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, divided 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp salt, then more to taste 1/2 cup (56 g) chopped pecans 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 3 Tbsp (39 g) light brown sugar 1 cup mini marshmallows
How to Make Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
How to Make Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes in Advance
If you want, you can definitely prepare these ahead of time. To do so:
Helpful Tips
Use sweet potatoes that are similar in size so they finish baking about the same time. Try to find potatoes that are about 12 oz each, because once split in half they make for nice individual servings at 6 oz each. If you want a smoother mashed sweet potato filling then pass the baked filling through a ricer or food mill or even blitz in a food processor. Don’t walk away when broiling! This is standard to pretty much any recipe when broiling but especially here. These little marshmallows could burn unbelievably fast if not removed quickly. Wait to bake the stuffed potatoes until you are almost ready to serve them so they’ll be warm. They definitely taste best warm.
Possible Baked Sweet Potatoes Variations
Use walnuts in place of pecans. If you only have salted butter it will work just reduce the salt in the recipe to 1/4 tsp. Increase the sweetness in the mashed sweet potatoes as desired (by adding more maple syrup or brown sugar). Add 1 tsp vanilla for more sweet flavor. Try with other autumn spices like ginger, allspice, cardamom or cloves. Rather than toasting marshmallows in the oven you can toast them with a kitchen torch. Or finish with a homemade marshmallow topping (like that used here). Pipe over the tops once they’re complete (rather than using mini marshmallows) then toast with a kitchen torch.
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