Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Walnut Streusel

We are coming to the home stretch of the Thanksgiving posts! Today and Friday I’m posting potato recipes. Both delicious and both very different. Today, we’re talking sweet potatoes!

Not just any sweet potatoes. No sir! That would be boring. I decided to make some Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with a yummy and sweet Walnut Streusel up on top. Yeah. Seriously amazing. I need a bumper sticker that says I heart sweet potatoes. Someone send me one. Thanks.

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. And, did you know that this beloved orange potato is packed full of nutrition? How awesome! Let’s just decide now to forget all the butter and sugar we’re going to add ’cause we’ve already come to the conclusion that sweet potatoes are healthy, m’kay?

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’.

Say hello to our cast of characters:

See? Told you you’d have everything already! So, what you’re going to want to do first is get those sweet potatoes soft. Prick them with a fork and bake or microwave until soft. {Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes; microwave on high for 13 minutes. Times vary depending on the size of your sweet potatoes.}

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

Scoop out the sweet potatoes 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.

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.

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, kapish?

So, once those are done, it’s time to make the streusel. Basically, toss some butter, salt, flour, brown sugar, walnuts, cinnamon and salt 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 a powder.

Sprinkle the streusel over top of the filled sweet potatoes and bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes.

And voila! Beautiful, show stopping sweet potatoes. Hello my pretties.

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…

Have a great Wednesday and don’t forget there are only a few days left in the Calphalon giveaway. You DO NOT want to miss it!

Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Walnut Streusel
yield: 5 servings
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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 chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar

Directions:
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 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.

Tagged as: potato, sweet potato, Thanksgiving