Twice-Baked Pecan Streusel Sweet Potatoes

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

 The countdown is ON! T-minus 13 days until Thanksgiving, which as you probably guessed by now is totally my favorite holiday.

I really just love it all: The food, the fall-ish atmosphere, the food, the family…the food…

Okay, yeah. The food rocks and I’d be lying if I told you I didn’t anticipate the Thanksgiving food like a lot.

Don’t get me wrong: I’m totally thankful for pretty much everything in my life and the food just plays a big part in that. The anticipation is actually kinda starting to build already and my skinny jeans should probably be worried.

Which brings me to a large-ish confession…

I’m almost ashamed to admit this, but I’ll tell you anyway: Guys, I LIVE for Thanksgiving side dishes and really, I could give or take the turkey.

I mean, I’ll obviously take all the dark meat and gravy I can get my hands on, but when it comes to filling my plate? I’m saving room for my mom’s cornbread stuffing, (mild obsession with that stuff—so good) ultra-creamy and extra-buttery mashed potatoes, and things like these twice-baked pecan streusel sweet potatoes.

Who else is with me on Team Side Dish?! Please tell me I’m not alone…

Now let us discuss these sweet potatoes! Are you ready for your mind to be blown into 1 million pieces? Twice-baked SWEET POTATOES, you guys! In personal-sized form! With ridiculous amounts of streusel!

Honestly. The ratio of sweet potato to streusel topping is like 1:4. So.Much.Streusel! ♥

I feel as though these sweet potatoes just require a lot of exclamation points…

The way I look at it, these twice-baked sweet potatoes are totally like classic sweet potato casserole in PERSONAL-sized form. That’s secret code for a) No sharing involved. (mwhaha) b) Roughly twice the size of your average side dish serving.

Leading us to c)…WIN!

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!

In fact, all of your guests should probably be prepared to have their socks knocked off. 😀

Team Side Dish for liiiiiiiife! ???

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Twice-Baked Pecan Streusel Sweet Potatoes

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Servings 4 servings

Calories 420kcal

Ingredients

• 4 medium sweet potatoes
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar or brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• STREUSEL:
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar or brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons white whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons cold butter cubed

Instructions

• Scrub sweet potatoes and pat dry. Prick each a few times with a fork. Bake sweet potatoes at 400F 45-50 minutes or until very fork-tender. Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes.
• Cut the top off of each sweet potato. Carefully scoop the filling out of the skin, being careful not to scoop too far down and break the bottom skin. Place sweet filling in a large bowl and empty potato skins in a greased baking pan.
• Mash sweet potatoes thoroughly with butter, milk, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon until smooth and no chunks remain (alternatively, you can use an electric mixer)
• Fill sweet potato skins with sweet potato filling. Set aside for a moment to prepare the streusel.
• Make the streusel: In a small bowl, toss all ingredients with a fork until butter is evenly incorporated and mixture is crumbly.
• Sprinkle streusel evenly over filled sweet potatoes. Bake sweet potatoes at 375F an additional 15 minutes or until topping is golden-brown. Enjoy sweet potatoes piping-hot from the oven!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 420kcal | Carbohydrates: 70.3g | Protein: 3.5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6.6g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 123mg | Fiber: 7.1g | Sugar: 25.7g

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