Maple Pecan Sweet Potatoes
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Ingredients
- 4 large sweet potatoes
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 2 Tbsp pure maple syrup (plus more to taste)
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 Tbsp chopped pecans (plus more for topping)
- Oil for brushing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°
- Lay sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and poke all over with a fork.
- Brush with oil, then bake for 45 minutes.
- Remove from oven, cut a wedge in the top of each potato, scrape out the insides.
- In a large bowl, mash together potato, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, maple syrup, milk, and pecans with two forks or a pastry cutter.
- Re-stuff potatoes, top with a little more pecans, and bake again for 20 minutes.
- Drizzle with maple syrup and serve.