The Sweetest Sweet Potato Side Dish
Twice-Baked Sweet Potato Cups with Bacon-Pecan Topping
Amanda Haas
Notes
Every year, Williams-Sonoma holds a competition among their corporate employees for the best Thanksgiving side dishes. This recipe is adapted from Rachel Thur’s winning recipe. I loved it so much that I served it at Thanksgiving the following week and everyone asked for the recipe. It must be something about the contrast smooth sweet potatoes, salty bacon, and crunchy pecans mixed with the perfect amount of brown sugar.
Ingredients
- 6 (8-ounce) sweet potatoes
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/4 cup chopped pecans
4 bacon slices, cooked and crumbled
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup 2% reduced-fat milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 400°.
2. Scrub potatoes; pat dry with paper towel. Rub potatoes with olive oil. Place on foil-lined baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until tender. Cool slightly on pan.
3. While potatoes cook, combine brown sugar and flour, stirring with a whisk. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until crumbly. Stir in pecans and bacon.
4. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Scoop out pulp, leaving a 1/4-inch-thick shell. Place pulp in a food processor. Add granulated sugar and remaining ingredients; process until smooth. Spoon potato mixture evenly into shells; top evenly with brown sugar mixture. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 stuffed potato half).
CALORIES 188; FAT 5.5g (sat 1.7g, mono 2.5g, poly 0.8g); PROTEIN 3.9g; CARB 31.2g; FIBER 3.8g; CHOL 25mg; IRON 1mg; SODIUM 242mg; CALC 36mg
Amanda Haas is a cookbook author, cooking video host, and the founder of One Family One Meal, a website that helps families menu plan, grocery shop, and cook on a budget. Her cookbook, Real Family Food, features this and other delicious family-friendly recipes, as well as simple tips for bringing your family together around the table and a strategy for meal planning, budgeting, and shopping.
Information
- Category
- Side Dishes, Potato
- Cuisine
- North American
- Yield
- 12
- Total Time
- 1 hour, 44 minutes, 59 seconds
Nutrition
- Calories per serving
- 188
