Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Streusel

By Sarah On November 13, 2015 | Updated: October 30, 2025

Piled high with buttery pecan streusel and baked twice to perfection, these twice-baked sweet potatoes will be the biggest hit of your Thanksgiving dinner!

Hello, personal-sized sweet potato casserole! Where have you been my entire life??

You’re about to blow everyone’s mind at Thanksgiving this year cause let’s be honest, these completely steal the turkey show.

There’s nothing super fancy going on here today, folks! Basically we just have a twice-baked sweet potato meets streusel-covered sweet potato casserole all rolled into mini style. It’s what every turkey dinner needs as a sidekick.

We’re keeping things super simple in the ingredient department today and only grabbing the essentials for these sweet potatoes. Essentials include way too much streusel topping.

In all honesty, the ratio of sweet potato filling to streusel topping here is like 1:4 and those are definitely the kinda numbers we like to see.

These Sweet Potatoes feature…

Buttery brown sugar mashed sweet potato filling
A sweet and crunchy pecan streusel topping
An easy personal-sized side dish that can even be prepped ahead of time

Making the Sweet Potatoes

(scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe)

Ingredients You Will Need

Sweet potatoes
Unsalted butter
Brown sugar
Vanilla extract
Spices
Pecans
All-purpose flour

Choosing Your Sweet Potatoes

I recommend choosing 6 small sweet potatoes for this recipe. Ideally, you want to choose smaller-sized sweet potatoes so they roast quickly and make an appropriate serving size.

To prep the sweet potatoes for roasting, scrub them clean and prick all over with a fork so they release steam during roasting.

Tips for Perfect Baked Sweet Potatoes

Roast sweet potatoes at 400F – bake the sweet potatoes at 400F 40-45 minutes until a fork can go through sweet potatoes without any resistance. Be aware, cook time may vary depending on the size of your sweet potatoes.
Scoop out filling and mash – be careful not to scoop through the bottom of sweet potato skins.
Twice bake sweet potatoes at 375F – 15-20 minutes at 375F will perfectly crisp up the streusel.

Recipe Variations

Try these ideas for a different twist on these sweet potatoes.

Use another nut – try walnuts or almonds in place of the pecans.
Try another sweetener in mashed sweet potatoes – try maple syrup or honey in place of the brown sugar.

Make Ahead Instructions

Follow these instructions for time-saving make ahead tips.

Roast the sweet potatoes – roast sweet potatoes and store in refrigerator up to 6 days.
Make the streusel – combine streusel ingredients and store in refrigerator up to 6 days.
Assemble the sweet potatoes – mash the filling, top the sweet potatoes with streusel, and store in refrigerator up to 4 days. Allow sweet potatoes to come to room temperature 30 minutes before baking.

Can we be honest here? You are TOTALLY going to score a huge win in the Thanksgiving side dish department this year with these twice-baked beauts. If you’re making these for a crowd, the recipe easily doubles or triples too! You can also cut the individual sweet potatoes in half if you’d like a smaller serving size.

I don’t know about you but I’m diving headfirst into all that glorious streusel now.

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