One idea that I had for a new appetizer for Thanksgiving was to make some kind of savoury sweet potato potato skins and the only question that I had was what to fill them with? Every time I thought about sweet potatoes though, I kept thinking about sweet potato casserole so I decided to just go with it and I made some sweet potato casserole potato skins! A sweet potato casserole is a casserole made with sweet potatoes and it is commonly topped with pecans and sometimes marshmallows and even though it is sweet enough to be a dessert it is served as a side dish. The basic idea behind these sweet potato potato skins was to bake the sweet potatoes until tender, scoop out the flesh, mash it and mix it up with common sweet potato casserole ingredients, stuffing the mixture back into the skins before topping with a pecan streusel and baking a second time! For the filling, I went with some of my favourite sweet potato casserole flavours including brown sugar, maple syrup and a splash of bourbon. Really you could consider each sweet potato potato skin to be and individually sized serving of sweet potato casserole!
Twice Baked Sweet Potato Potato Skins with Pecan Streusel (aka Individual Sweet Potato Casserole)
Creamy mashed maple bourbon sweet potatoes served in their skins topped with pecan streusel.
ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed and dried
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon bourbon
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons pecans, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
directions
- Pierce the sweet potatoes a few times with a fork, bake in a preheated 400F/200C oven until tender, about 45-60 minutes and let cool.
- Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise, scoop out the flesh leaving 1.4 inch on the skin.
- Mix the sweet potatoes with the butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, bourbon and cinnamon and spoon it back into the kins.
- Mix the brown sugar, flour, butter, pecans and cinnamon until it starts to form crumbs and sprinkle it onto the stuffed potatoes.
- Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until the topping is a light golden brown, about 20 minutes.
Anonymous says
October 11, 2012 at 9:37 pmDo you eat the skins? Like you do on regular "potato skin" appetizers?
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
October 11, 2012 at 9:42 pmLove the sound of this! What a nice treat 🙂
Maureen says
October 11, 2012 at 10:54 pmThese look devine! Just like the regular casserole but fancy.
Rosa's Yummy Yums says
October 12, 2012 at 7:00 amA great idea and fall treat!
Cheers,
Rosa
Joanne says
October 12, 2012 at 10:49 amI'm really the only one in my family who even likes sweet potatoes so it's always impractical for me to make a whole casserole for myself…these are the perfect solution!
Jessica says
October 12, 2012 at 1:53 pmThis looks amazing
Rocky Mountain Woman says
October 12, 2012 at 3:33 pmGreat timing! I am starting to work on my Thanksgiving menu, this is definitely on the list!
Beth @ Good to be the Cook says
October 12, 2012 at 3:41 pmWow, yet again another great idea from Kevin! lol. This looks amazing. I want to make them!!
itsallaboute says
October 12, 2012 at 8:26 pmoh my this looks amazing! I cannot wai tto try this!
Rachael {Simply Fresh Cooking} says
October 12, 2012 at 8:29 pmAnother great idea for Thanksgiving! Love it!
Lauren @ Part Time House Wife says
October 13, 2012 at 12:41 amYou had me at Pecan Streusel
anniebakes says
October 13, 2012 at 2:48 pmwhat sweet treat! Great idea as always, kevin! enjoy the weekend, anne
Cooking on a Dime says
October 13, 2012 at 7:18 pmThese look simply amazing! I love sweet potatoes.
We Are Not Martha says
October 14, 2012 at 1:43 amI love this idea for Thanksgiving! Or even for a little Thanksgiving appetizer 🙂
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bellini says
October 17, 2012 at 1:34 pmThis brings the taste of Thanksgiving right up front. Sounds delicious Kevin.
Unknown says
October 18, 2012 at 2:02 amDelicious!! I love sweet potatoes, can't wait to try this special recipe.
Kevin says
October 18, 2012 at 2:13 pmAnonymous: Yes, you eat the skins as well.
Cara says
October 18, 2012 at 11:52 pmPortion-controlled sweet potato casserole is exactly what this body needs!