Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
 
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Recipe type: Side Dish
Serves: 7
Ingredients
FOR THE FILLING:
  • 5-6 sweet potatoes
  • 1 egg
  • ⅓ c. pure maple syrup
  • 2 T. butter, softened
FOR THE TOPPING:
  • ⅔ c. brown sugar
  • ¼ c. flour
  • 2 T. butter
  • ½ c. chopped pecans
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375ยบ. Scrub potatoes, prick at least twice with a fork, and place on lined baking sheet.
  2. Bake for 45 minutes to one hour. Bake for one hour at 45 minute mark. Fork should go in very easily and pull out with no resistance.
  3. Cook potatoes until able to handle easily about one hour or 30 minutes if cooled in fridge.
  4. Using large spoon, scoop out flesh of potatoes leaving a thin layer inside of skins.
  5. Dump scooped flesh of potatoes into large mixing bowl.
  6. Place sweet potato skins back on the lined baking sheet.
  7. To bowl with potato skins orange flesh, add egg, 2 T. of butter and pure maple syrup.
  8. Mix with mixer until smooth.
  9. With large spoon, spoon mixture back into potato skins, evenly discarding 2-3 skin, a needed to fill abundantly.
To make topping...
  1. In medium bowl,mix together all ingredients.
  2. With large spoon, spoon topping onto each potato, about 1-2 tablespoons per half of potato.
  3. Press 12-15 min-marshmallows into potato an topping.
  4. Preheat broiler to high.
  5. Return pans of potatoes to oven, only about 15-30 seconds or until marshmallows are deep brown and puffed up.
Recipe by Dishin & Dishes at https://www.dishinanddishes.com/twice-baked-sweet-potatoes/