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TWICE BAKED SWEET POTATOES

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Bake Potato time 1 hour
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 medium sweet potatoes scrubbed and dried

Potato mash

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon bourbon
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Pecan topping

  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 tablespoon butter melted
  • 2 tablespoons pecans chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Pierce the sweet potatoes a few times with a fork, bake in a preheated 400F oven until tender, about 45-60 minutes and let cool.
  • Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise, scoop out the flesh leaving 1/4 inch potato in the shell to hold their shape
  • Mix the sweet potatoes with the butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, bourbon and cinnamon and spoon it back into the skins.
  • Mix the brown sugar, flour, butter, pecans and cinnamon until it starts to form crumbs and sprinkle it onto the stuffed potatoes.
  • Bake in a preheated 350F oven until the topping is a light golden brown, about 20 minutes.
  • Makes 4
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