Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes

   What Thanksgiving meal would be complete without sweet potatoes? I love them in any form, but when I saw this idea I knew it would be a favorite.
   I made these as a side dish to serve with the Cornish Game Hens we made for our 'Thanksgiving meal for two.' We also had corn/stuffing balls and gravy. Was planning to make dessert and a salad, but didn't and it was just as well. We were stuffed after this.
   You really should make these soon. Not only are they scrumptious, they are super easy to make too!

Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes

3 large sweet potatoes

4 tbsp packed brown sugar

3 tbsp butter

pinch of salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp fresh grated nutmeg

Streusel topping: 

3 tbsp flour

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

1/8 cup chopped English walnuts

1/8 cup chopped pecans

2 tbsp cold butter

3 tbsp packed brown sugar

Prick sweet potatoes with a fork place in a baking dish and bake at 350* for 30 minutes or until tender when pricked with a fork. Remove from oven and as soon as you can handle them slice the sweet potatoes in half and scoop out the middle and put in a mixing bowl leaving 1/4" of sweet potato on the skin. Mix in butter, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg until smooth. Spoon back into the shells.

In a small bowl mix together streusel ingredients until the butter starts to soften and it becomes course crumbles. Top each sweet potato with streusel and bake at 350* for 20-30 minutes.

  

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Give thanks to the Lord,  for He is good;

His love endures forever.

~Psalm 107:1

♥ Sheila