Twice Baked Sweet Potato Recipe with Walnut Streusel

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 This Twice Baked Sweet Potato Recipe with Walnut Streusel topping is a yummy and sweet addition that is perfect for the Holiday Season!

I decided to make this Twice Baked Sweet Potato Recipe with a yummy and sweet Walnut Streusel up on top. Yeah. Seriously amazing. Sweet potatoes are meant to be sweet, not savory. Like a pre-dessert treat with your meal to prepare you for the pies, cakes, and tarts that are inevitably coming your way. Perfect for Christmas, Thanksgiving or any other day you want sweet potatoes!

Baked Sweet Potato Recipe

Just like all the other recipes I’ve posted, these are really simple to make and really don’t require much. Odds are you’ll have all of these ingredients in your pantry already. Except for maybe the walnuts. And Sweet Potatoes. Please remember the sweet potatoes, or else this dish might come out a total and epic FAIL. Just sayin’.

• Sweet Potatoes – make sure you get sweet potatoes and not yams, they are different.
• Brown Sugar – to further sweeten the mixture.
• Butter – buttery, creamy goodness.
• Salt – to balance out the sweetness.
• Cinnamon – a perfectly fall spice to add to this sweet potato mixture.

How to Bake Sweet Potatoes

See? I told you you’d have everything already! So, what you’re going to want to do first is get those sweet potatoes soft.

1. Prick them with a fork, all over and bake or microwave until soft. Times vary depending on the size of your sweet potatoes.
   • Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
   • Microwave on high for 13 minutes.

2. So once they’re all soft and lovely, slice those babies open to reveal their bright orange insides.

3. Scoop out each baked sweet potato into a bowl leaving a 1/4 inch border inside the skin. Stir in butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Mix until smooth and butter has melted.

4. Then you can take a spoon and scoop the mixture back into the skins or take a piping bag with a nice big tip and pipe it in. I used a 1M Wilton and a disposable bag.

5. There really is no rhyme or rhythm to piping it in, just get it in there. And keep in mind that you won’t fill all the skins back up. Count on 1 less. For example, I cooked 3 sweet potatoes giving me 6 halves. The filling I scooped out will only fill 5.

Streusel Recipe

• Flour – structure for the streusel.
• Cinnamon – more cinnamon flavor. You can also try adding small amounts of nutmeg.
• Walnuts – or try pecans if you don’t have walnuts.
• Butter – to bind all the ingredients together, which later melts to ooey-gooey goodness.
• Brown Sugar – to sweeten and flavor.

Streusel

So, once those are done, it’s time to make the streusel.

1. Basically, toss some butter, salt, flour, brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon into a bowl until it starts to come together. Just work the butter until it gets a little warm so you have more than just powder.
2. Sprinkle the streusel over top of the filled sweet potatoes and bake again at 350 for 20-30 minutes.
3. And voila! Beautiful, show-stopping baked sweet potatoes. Hello, my pretties.

Make-Ahead

Luckily, this is a great make-ahead recipe! Which makes it even more perfect for the holidays!!! There are two ways to make this baked sweet potato recipe ahead of time. One is to make and freeze, the other is to make and refrigerate.

Freeze. Bake sweet potatoes the first time, then freeze in a freezer bag for up to 12 months! That’s right, up to a whole year. Of course, wait for the potatoes to cool before freezing.

When ready to bake, defrost potatoes completely, make the streusel, then bake the second time.

Refrigerate. To make your sweet potatoes 3-5 days in advance, bake the first time then seal in a plastic bag and refrigerate. You can also make the streusel ahead of time and store it in the fridge.

To bake, top the potatoes with the streusel and bake the second time over.

More Sweet Potato Recipes to Try!

• Sweet Potato Casserole
• Perfect Sweet Potato Pie
• Sweet Potato Cookies with Homemade Streusel
• Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Marshmallow Frosting
• Mashed Sweet Potatoes

These were amazing little treats that topped off our meal perfectly. My husband, daughter and I all LOVED these and I’ll probably be making a quadruple batch next Thursday. My husband has a huge family.

Do you heart sweet potatoes as much as I do? Mmm…so tasty! Dreaming about these babies…

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Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Walnut Streusel

This Twice Baked Sweet Potato Recipe with Walnut Streusel topping is a yummy and sweet addition that is perfect for the Holiday Season!

servings 5 servings

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 1 hr

Total Time 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• ▢ 3 large sweet potatoes
• ▢ 4 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• ▢ 3 tablespoons butter
• ▢ pinch salt
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

for the streusel-

• ▢ 3 tablespoons flour
• ▢ 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• ▢ 1/4 cup walnuts chopped
• ▢ 2 tablespoons butter
• ▢ 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

• Prick sweet potatoes with a fork or knife and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until soft. You can also microwave the sweet potatoes on high for 13-15 minutes as well.
• Once sweet potatoes are cooked, slice in half and scoop out the centers into a bowl leaving a 1/4 inch border of sweet potato with the skin. Mix in brown sugar, butter, salt, and cinnamon until smooth. Using a large tipped pastry bag, pipe filling back into sweet potato shells. {Or spoon it back in.}
• In a small bowl, combine all ingredients for the streusel and mix together until butter starts to warm and ingredients start sticking together. Top the filled sweet potatoes with the streusel and bake 20-30 minutes. Serve warm.

Nutrition

Calories: 395kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 217mg | Potassium: 736mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 29291IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 83mg | Iron: 2mg

Course: Appetizer, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, Thanksgiving

Keyword: baked sweet potato, baked sweet potato recipe, how to bake sweet potatoes