Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes | Best Thanksgiving Recipe (2024)

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A word of warning–once you’ve tried these incredible Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes, no other sweet potatoes will ever quite compare! They’re not only utterly delicious (not to mention semi-addicting) and also a complete show-stopper for your Thanksgiving dinner.

Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes

If you’re planning to add these to your Thanksgiving menu, I recommend completing steps 1-4 the day before, then refrigerate, covered, overnight, and complete steps 5 & 6 on Thanksgiving day.

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Ingredients:

7 medium sweet potatoes

3/4 c. sour cream

6 tablespoons softened butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

36 large marshmallows, cut in half lengthwise (use kitchen shears)

1 stick cold butter

brown sugar

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STEP 1: Bake your sweet potatoes. Preheat oven to 400. Prick sweet potatoes with a fork. Bake until soft, about 1 hour. (tip–place on nonstick foil covered cookie sheet before baking to avoid a drippy mess in your oven!) Let cool slightly on rack.

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STEP 2: Cut your sweet potatoes in half and carefully scoop out flesh into a mixing bowl, leaving a thick border for stability.

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STEP 3: Prep filling. Mix flesh until smooth, then stir in sour cream, softened butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, lemon juice, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt & pepper.

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STEP 4: Carefully spoon sweet potato mixture into 12 of the shells, dividing the mixture evenly among them. (Note: you can also use a large pastry bag fitted with a large round tip to fill shells). At this point you can cover and refrigerate the potatoes overnight if necessary.

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STEP 5: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Sprinkle potatoes with a little brown sugar, then top with one slice of butter each. Arrange marshmallows on top.

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STEP 6: Bake on a foil-covered rimmed baking sheet until hot and marshmallows are golden brown, about 20-25 minutes.

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Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes

These incredible Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes, are a classic holiday recipe. They're not only utterly delicious (not to mention semi-addicting) and also a complete show-stopper for your Thanksgiving dinner.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 25 minutes

Servings 12 people

Ingredients

  • 7 medium Sweet potatoes
  • 3/4 cup Sour Cream
  • 6 TBSP Butter softened
  • 1/2 cup Brown sugar plus extra for topping
  • 1 TBSP Lemon juice fresh
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 36 large marshmallows cut in half
  • 1 stick butter cold

Instructions

  1. Bake your sweet potatoes. Preheat oven to 400. Prick sweet potatoes with a fork. Bake until soft, about 1 hour.(tip--place on nonstick foil covered cookie sheet before baking to avoid a drippy mess in your oven!) Let cool slightly on rack.

  2. Cut your sweet potatoes in half and carefully scoop out flesh into a mixing bowl, leaving a thick border for stability.

  3. Prep filling: Mix flesh until smooth, then stir in sour cream, softened butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, lemon juice, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt & pepper.

  4. Carefully spoon sweet potato mixture into 12 of the shells, dividing the mixture evenly
    among them. (Note: you can also use a large pastry bag fitted with a large
    round tip to fill shells). At this point you can cover and refrigerate the potatoes overnight if necessary.

  5. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Sprinkle potatoes with a little brown sugar, then
    top with one slice of butter each. Arrange marshmallows on top.

  6. Bake on a foil-covered rimmed baking sheet until hot and marshmallows are golden
    brown, about 20-25 minutes.

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