Savory Twice Baked Sweet Potato Recipes

SAVORY TWICE-BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place the sweet potatoes on a parchment-lined baking sheet; bake until tender when pierced with a paring knife, about 45 minutes. Remove from oven; let cool slightly.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil; fit with a wire rack. Arrange bacon strips on rack, and sprinkle with brown sugar. Cook until well glazed and crisp, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven; let cool slightly, and roughly chop. Set aside.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add shallots; saute until soft and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add rosemary, and cook 1 minute more. Remove from heat, and set aside.
• Slice each potato in half lengthwise. Carefully scoop out flesh, leaving about a 1/4-inch border all around potato halves; set halves aside on a baking sheet.
• Place flesh in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter, reserved shallot mixture, egg, cream, and Gruyere. Mix well until combined. Season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a star tip; pipe into reserved halves. Bake until golden, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven; garnish with Gruyere, rosemary, and reserved bacon.

SAVORY TWICE BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place potatoes on baking sheet and bake until just softened, about 1 hour. Allow to cool for 15 minutes.
• Slice off 1/2 inch lengthwise from tops of potatoes. Scoop out pulp, leaving 1/4 inch thick shells. Reserve 4 shells; discard remaining 2. Mash pulp.
• In a small skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook until softened, about 8 minutes. Add brown sugar, zest, salt, cumin, cinnamon, pepper and allspice. Cook until sugar melts, about 2-3 minutes.
• Combine onion mixture with mashed sweet potatoes. Stir in sour cream and cilantro.
• In bowl with mixer on high speed, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gently fold whites into sweet potato mixture.
• Spoon or pipe mixture back into shells. Place on baking sheets; bake until filling is just set and tops begin to brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.

SAVORY TWICE BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Wash sweet potato and cut in half lengthwise.
• Place potato halves face down on a foil-covered greased cookie sheet ( i cover the potato halves in foil for more even cooking).
• Bake potatoes for about 30 minutes.
• While the potatoes are baking, saute onions and mushrooms in the olive oil over medium heat until the onions are translucent and the mushrooms give off liquid, about 10 minutes.
• Take potatoes out of oven, carefully scoop the potato out of the skins and mash in a mixing bowl.
• Add onions, mushroom, cayenne, feta, salt and pepper to the mashed sweet potatoes, mixing ingredients together.
• Divide mixture in half and scoop it back into the empty potato skins.
• Bake the potatoes for another 8-10 minutes on 375, broiling for the last minute or two of cooking time if you'd like to crisp the tops of the potatoes slightly.

TWICE-BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Put the potatoes on a baking sheet and rub them with the oil. Bake until soft, about 1 hour. Let cool enough so you can handle them.
• Slice the butter into pats and add to a large bowl. Add the bacon and sour cream.
• Cut each potato in half lengthwise and scrape out the insides into the bowl, being careful not to tear the skins. Leave a small rim of potato intact for support. Lay the hollowed-out skins on a baking sheet.
• Smash the potatoes into the butter, bacon and sour cream. Add the cheese, chili powder, green onions and some salt and pepper and mash until smooth. Spoon the filling into the potato skins.
• If baking right away, lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Bake until the cheese is melted and the tops are brown, about 15 minutes.
• If cooking later, cover the stuffed potato skins with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Bake at 350 degrees F until the cheese is melted and the tops are brown, 15 to 20 minutes.

TWICE BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Place sweet potatoes on sheet tray and bake for 1 hour or until soft. Remove from oven and let stand until cool enough to handle.
• Split potatoes and remove the flesh to a medium sized bowl, reserving skins. In another bowl, add brown sugar, butter and cream cheese and the all of the spices and mash with a fork or rubber spatula.
• Add the butter and cream cheese mixture to the sweet potato flesh and fold in completely. Add the filling back to the potato skins and place on a half sheet tray. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

SAVORY TWICE BAKED SWEET POTATO

Steps:

• Microwave sweet potato or bake until soft (usually 6 minutes in the microwave).
• Cut the potato in half, scoop out the meat, and place in bowl. Be sure to save the skins.
• Add Greek yogurt, green onions, the cheese of choice, and salt to taste. Mix well.
• Scoop this mixture back into the skins of the sweet potato.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
• Garnish with green onion, cheese, or some black pepper. Enjoy!

CREAMY TWICE-BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Scrub potatoes; pierce several times with a fork. Bake on a foil-lined baking sheet until tender, 45-60 minutes. Cool slightly., Cut off a thin slice from top of each potato. Scoop out pulp, leaving 1/4-in.-thick shells. Mash pulp with cream cheese, brown sugar and cinnamon. Spoon into shells; return to pan. Top with pecans. Bake until heated through, 15-20 minutes.

LOADED TWICE-BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet. Prick with a knife and drizzle with olive oil; rub to coat. Space sweet potatoes evenly apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until completely tender, about 35 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add bacon to a pan over medium heat. Cook and stir until bacon starts to get crispy and the fat turns foamy, 4 to 5 minutes. Add green onions and jalapeno; cook and stir for 1 minute. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Let sweet potatoes cool until safe to handle. Leave the oven on. Cut off the top 1/3 of each potato, holding the knife at a 45-degree angle. Scoop out sweet potato flesh from both the top and bottom halves, leaving at least 1/4 inch flesh in the bottoms to make the shells.
• Season the sweet potato flesh with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Add 1/2 cup cheese, creme fraiche, and lime juice. Mash with a potato masher. Add the bacon mixture and mix until combined. Spoon filling into the sweet potato shells. Lightly scatter remaining cheese on top.
• Bake until heated through and tops have started to brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

TWICE-BAKED CREAMY SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Scrub and pierce potatoes; place on a microwave-safe plate. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 12-14 minutes or until tender, turning once. , When cool enough to handle, cut a thin slice off the top of each potato and discard. Scoop out pulp, leaving a thin shell. In a large bowl, mash the pulp. Add the cream cheese, sour cream, butter and salt; mix well. Spoon into potato shells., Place on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Bake, uncovered, at 425° for 12-15 minutes or until heated through and topping is golden brown.

TWICE-BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prick sweet potatoes all over with a fork. Place on a large piece of foil on a baking sheet; fold foil around sweet potatoes to form a packet. Bake until tender when pierced with a knife, about 1 hour.
• When cool enough to handle, halve sweet potatoes lengthwise. Scoop out all but 1/4-inch flesh from inside skins. Arrange 8 skins in a single layer in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish (discard remaining 2 skins). Place flesh in a food processor, along with 2 tablespoons butter and goat cheese; season with salt and pepper. Process until smooth, 2 minutes. Add chives and pulse to combine; spoon into skins.
• In a small bowl, stir together pecans, panko, and 2 tablespoons butter until combined; season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle panko mixture over sweet potatoes. Bake until topping is golden, 10 to 12 minutes.