Description
Cranberry Apple Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes combine naturally sweet roasted sweet potatoes with tender apples, tart dried cranberries, crunchy pecans, butter, and warm spices for an easy holiday side dish.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 2 medium apples, peeled, cored, and diced into 1-inch cubes
- 3 tablespoons coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Scrub and thoroughly dry the sweet potatoes, then prick them all over with a fork.
- Arrange the sweet potatoes in a baking dish and roast for 40 to 45 minutes, or until very tender.
- While the sweet potatoes roast, melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add the diced apples, dried cranberries, coconut sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Cook for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the apples soften but still hold their shape.
- Stir in the chopped pecans and cook for 1 additional minute.
- Remove the sweet potatoes from the oven and carefully slice each one open.
- Fluff the sweet potato flesh gently with a fork while keeping the skins intact.
- Spoon the warm apple-cranberry filling generously over each sweet potato.
- Return the filled sweet potatoes to the oven and bake for 10 more minutes, or until heated through and lightly bubbly.
- Serve warm.
Notes
- Use fresh apples and dried cranberries for the best flavor and texture.
- Honeycrisp, Gala, Fuji, or Pink Lady apples work especially well.
- Toast the pecans before adding them for a deeper, nuttier flavor.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
- Reheat in a 350°F oven for about 15 minutes or microwave individual portions until warm.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Roasting
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 stuffed sweet potato half
- Calories: 273
- Sugar: 16
- Sodium: 38
- Fat: 10
- Saturated Fat: 4
- Unsaturated Fat: 6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 45
- Fiber: 7
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 15