Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes are one of my favorite Thanksgiving sweet potato recipes! They’re so full of flavor, sweet, but not over the top. They are perfect for the holiday table! These Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes are kind of a dream. Every Thanksgiving meal needs an awesome sweet potato side dish, and this is the perfect one. You can do the traditional Sweet Potato Casserole, Candied Sweet Potatoes, or these Sweet Potato Souffle Cups, but I think these baked sweet potatoes are so fun and so beautiful too. This Thanksgiving sweet potato recipe is a lot easier than it looks too. Just bake the potatoes, mash up the insides with butter, top them off with the most delicious pecan, cinnamon, oatmeal, mixture, and then bake them a second time. They come out so flavorful and amazing. There is just enough sweetness but they still make a great side dish to the more savory recipes. Make sure these Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes are on your holiday recipes to make list! You won’t be disappointed and neither will your guests. Besides, the more side dishes, the merrier!
How to Bake a Sweet Potato
Before we bake the sweet potatoes twice, we have to bake the sweet potatoes once…This recipe is specifically for Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes, and you’ll find all those instructions below. But we have to start by baking our sweet potatoes before we move on to the mashing and mixing and twice baking, etc. It’s really just a part of the prepping step for this recipe, but it’s really simple. How to Bake a Sweet Potato: See how easy that was? Now they’re nice and soft, and ready to use. You can start putting together the pecan mixture while the potatoes are still baking. Once they’re done, you just have a couple more steps to turn them into the perfect twice baked sweet potatoes!
How to Make Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
This twice baked sweet potatoes recipe is so simple. Once you’ve got the first round of baking out of the way, the rest is so easy. Just mash, mix, fill, and bake!
Can you make twice baked sweet potatoes ahead of time?
There are so many dishes to make on Thanksgiving, so I love recipes that you can prep in advance. We were able to prep these twice baked sweet potatoes in the morning, and then bake them right before serving. If you want to do the same, just bake the sweet potatoes, prepare the pecan mixture, mix together the sweet potato filling, and assemble them. Then you can just bake about 20 minutes before meal time.
Don’t miss out on these amazing Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes! Try them out this year and you’ll want to make them a new holiday tradition. Happy Thanksgiving! Add these other delicious Thanksgiving side dish recipes to your holiday table:
Classic Green Bean Casserole Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes Broccoli Cheese Rice Casserole Bourbon Green Beans with Bacon Twice Baked Potatoes Turkey Stuffing
