Description
Maple walnut delight sweet potatoes elevate classic comfort cuisine with rich Canadian maple syrup and crunchy walnuts. Creamy potato interiors complement nutty toppings, offering home chefs a simple yet sophisticated side dish you would savor at any seasonal gathering.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 sweet potatoes (small)
- 160 ml (⅔ cup) walnuts or pecans (chopped)
- 120 ml (½ cup) Greek yogurt or sour cream
- 30 ml (2 tbsps) butter
- 15 ml (1 tbsp) maple syrup
- 30–60 ml (2–4 tbsps) brown sugar
- 7.5 ml (½ tbsp) pumpkin pie spice
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Potato Preparation: Pierce sweet potatoes with a fork and roast at 400°F for 35-45 minutes, rotating midway to ensure even cooking until tender when pierced.
- Potato Hollowing: After cooling briefly, slice potatoes lengthwise and delicately scoop out interior, preserving a thin layer of potato flesh against the skin.
- Flavor Infusion: Whip extracted potato flesh with Greek yogurt, pumpkin pie spice, maple syrup, brown sugar, and kosher salt until achieving a silky, harmonious blend.
- Filling Restoration: Generously refill potato skins with the seasoned mixture, creating elegant mounded profiles that showcase the creamy texture.
- Walnut Topping Creation: Combine chopped walnuts, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and melted unsalted butter in a small bowl, mixing until ingredients integrate seamlessly.
- Final Baking: Sprinkle walnut mixture across stuffed sweet potatoes and return to 400°F oven, baking 12-15 minutes until topping transforms into a golden, crisp crust.
- Serving Preparation: Allow potatoes to rest 3-4 minutes post-baking, enabling filling to stabilize and flavors to harmonize before presenting this gourmet side dish.
Notes
- Potato Piercing Trick: Create multiple small holes with a fork before initial roasting to help steam escape and prevent potential potato explosions.
- Handling Hot Potatoes: Allow sweet potatoes to cool 5-7 minutes after first roasting to ensure safe handling and prevent burning your hands.
- Skin Preservation Technique: Leave a thin 1/4 inch layer of potato flesh when scooping to maintain the potato skin’s structural integrity and prevent tearing.
- Topping Crispiness Secret: Watch the walnut topping carefully during the final 12-15 minute bake to achieve a perfect golden-brown crunch without burning.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 13 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 36 g
- Fiber: 6 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg