Name: Baked Sweet Potatoes with Pecans Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 medium sweet potatoes; ½ cup brown sugar; ¾ tsp Cinnamon; ¼ tsp nutmeg; ½ tsp kosher salt; ⅛ tsp ground black pepper; 6 tbsp unsalted butter; ½ cup sugared pecans

Baked Sweet Potatoes with Pecans Recipe

Dix Nava Modified: May 28, 2024

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How To Make Baked Sweet Potatoes with Pecans

Try out these twice baked sweet potatoes topped with sugared pecans and brown sugar! They’re easy-to-bake, and make a filling side dish for any big meal.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour 15 minutes

Total: 1 hour 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

5medium sweet potatoes
½cupbrown sugar,packed, plus some for sprinkling
¾tspcinnamon
¼tspnutmeg
½tspkosher salt
⅛tspground black pepper,coarse
6tbspunsalted butter
½cupsugared pecans,chopped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
wash, scrub and dry the sweet potatoes.
Pierce the sweet potatoes with a fork.
Bake them for 60 to 75 minutes or until tender when pierced with a fork.
Cut off the top ⅓ of the potato lengthwise, then scoop out the insides, leaving a ¼-inch wall thickness of the sweet potato.
Add the scooped out sweet potatoes with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, black pepper, and butter to a food processor. Combine until smooth.
Put the mixture back into 4 potato shells, then top with brown sugar and pecans.
Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.
Serve warm, and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 179.59kcal
Fat: 10.53g
Saturated Fat: 4.71g
Trans Fat: 0.28g
Monounsaturated Fat: 3.81g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.34g
Carbohydrates: 21.08g
Fiber: 2.55g
Sugar: 9.96g
Protein: 1.57g
Cholesterol: 18.32mg
Sodium: 132.82mg
Calcium: 33.27mg
Potassium: 252.47mg
Iron: 0.60mg
Vitamin A: 519.32µg
Vitamin C: 1.62mg

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