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Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Course
Side Dish
Servings
2
Calories
Author
Divas Can Cook
Ingredients
1
sweet potato
Shortening
1-2
Tablespoons
cream cheese
2-4
teaspoons
brown sugar
1/4-1/2
teaspoon
vanilla extract
A few pinches cinnamon Pecans
Butter
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
) To start off, poke a few holes into the sweet potatoes.
) Lather the outside with shortening
) Place it on a baking sheet and bake for about 45 minutes or tender.
) Slice the potato lengthwise.
) Carefully scrape the filling out into a bowl, leaving about 1/4 inch thickness all around
the potatoes so that the walls do not cave in.
) Add cream cheese, vanilla, and brown sugar into the bowl.
) Mix until creamy.
) Add in a few pinches of cinnamon and adjust the seasonings if desired.
) Spoon the mixture back into the shells. Make sure it looks nice and smooth.
) Sprinkle cinnamon and brown sugar on top and sprinkle on pecans.
)Place back into the oven until warm.
)Top some butter.
)Serve while warm.
Notes
I sometimes like to add just some maple, butter and white sugar. Yum!