Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
Servings: 8 people
Ingredients
- 4 sweet potatoes scrubbed clean
- 1/2 cup skim milk a higher fat content milk can also be used
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter cut into small pieces
- 4 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar plus more for topping
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Set the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and cook for one hour or until you can easily slice through one.4 sweet potatoes
- Once the potatoes are cool enough to handle, gently slice them in half. Scoop out the insides, leaving 1/4 inch of the potato around the edges, and putting the scooped insides into a medium bowl.
- Add the milk, butter, and cream cheese to the potatoes. Beat until smooth.1/2 cup skim milk, 1/4 cup unsalted butter, 4 ounces cream cheese
- Stir in the brown sugar, cinnamon, kosher salt, and nutmeg.2 tablespoons brown sugar, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- Put the mixture into the potato shells. Bake for 10 minutes. Top with more butter and brown sugar if desired.