Twice Baked Apple & Pecan Filled Sweet Potatoes
Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
Serves: 12
Yields: 12 halves
Ingredients
- 6 medium sweet potatoes
- 1⁄4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1⁄2 teaspoon orange zest
- 1 cup peeled cored, small dice chopped apple
- 1⁄4 cup chopped toasted pecans
- pecan halves
Directions
- Heat oven to 375.
- Prick sweet potatoes and bake til tender (35-45min).
- Cut in 1/2 lengthwise, scooping out the inside leaving a thin shell (set shells aside).
- In large mixing bowl place insides all but apples and all pecans.
- Beat at med speed scraping the bowl often until well mixed and no lumps.
- By hand stir in the apples and chopped pecans.
- Place shells on baking sheets and fill with mixture placing pecan halves on top.
- Bake for 10-15 min.
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