Sweet, smooth, and crunchy sweet potatoes baked twice for a dessert-like side.
Course Side Dish
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Servings 8
Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes
4Sweet Potatoessmall
4ozCream Cheesesoftened
4tbspBourbon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup
1/2tbspPumpkin Pie Spice
1/2tspPure Vanilla Extract
Sea Saltto taste
Topping
1cupWalnutsfinely chopped
2tbspButter
2tbspBourbon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup
Instructions
Prep
Preheat oven to 400F.
Clean then politely stab sweet potatoes with a fork. Place on baking sheet.
Cooking
Bake sweet potatoes until soft. Depending on the thickness of your sweet potatoes, they will need to cook for 20-40 minutes.
While sweet potatoes are baking, prepare filling. In a small microwavable bowl, belt butter. Add bourbon maple syrup and walnuts. Combine until nuts are well coated. Set aside.
Remove sweet potatoes from the oven and let rest 10 minutes.
Cut each sweet potato in half lengthwise. Use a spoon to scoop out the flesh into a bowl leaving the skin as in tact as possible. Place skins back on baking sheet.
Add cream cheese, bourbon maple syrup, spice, vanilla, and salt to sweet potato flesh in mixing bowl. Beat until smooth.
Carefully spoon filling back into skins. Sprinkle the tops with prepared topping.
Return sweet potato halves to a 400F oven and bake for 15 minutes. Serve hot.
Pro Tips
Apple Cinnamon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup is a great substitute for the Bourbon Maple Syrup. If using, reduce pumpkin pie spice to 1/4 tbsp.
The walnuts can be omitted for a nut allergy free version. Or use your favorite nuts instead of walnuts; try pecans, sliced almonds, or a mix.
This recipe works best when the sweet potatoes are slightly under baked the first time helping you to keep the skin whole while scooping out the flesh.
Adjust the bourbon maple syrup to fit your own taste. You may want to start with 2-3 tbsp in the filling if you like it less sweet.
If you love the recipe but the idea of filling skins seems like too much, place sweet potato filling into a greased baking dish followed by the topping, then bake as instructed.