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Hasselback Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Hasselback Sweet Potatoes look gorgeous and are secretly so easy to make for your next holiday dinner! Once you learn how to cut the potatoes into slices, you can top them with butter, brown sugar, and spices.
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 6 medium sweet potatoes about 2 ½ lbs. total
- 6 tablespoons butter melted *
- 2 tablespoons oil olive or avocado
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup packed brown sugar or coconut sugar, plus more for topping
- ¼-½ teaspoon cinnamon to taste
- ½ cup pecans coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Prep the Potatoes: Wash potatoes, scrub, and dry thoroughly. Place two chopsticks on a cutting board and place one sweet potato in between them, with the long-axis of the potato running parallel to the chopsticks. Using a sharp knife, make cuts approximately ⅛-¼-inch apart starting at least ½-inch from the end of the sweet potato. Stop cutting when your knife hits the chopsticks so the bottom is still connected. Repeat this until the entire potato is sliced thinly. Do this with the other 5 potatoes. Place potatoes on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.6 medium sweet potatoes
- Brush with Sauce: Whisk together oil, butter, salt, sugar, and cinnamon in a medium-sized bowl. Use a pastry brush and brush half of the mixture over all of the potatoes. Spread apart the slices using your fingers or a fork to ensure the sauce gets in-between the pieces.6 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons oil, ¼ teaspoon salt, ½ cup packed brown sugar, ¼-½ teaspoon cinnamon
- Bake in Oven: Cover the baking sheet with a piece of aluminum foil and bake in oven for 25 minutes. Brush remaining sauce over the potatoes and return to oven, uncovered, for an additional 20-25 minutes. Once potatoes are cooked through, sprinkle on chopped pecans and reduce oven temperature to 375°F. Return potatoes to oven for 5-10 minutes, or until pecans are lightly toasted.½ cup pecans
- Serve hasselback sweet potatoes with additional sugar and cinnamon, if desired, and serve immediately. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Potatoes: Keep a shorter cooking time by choosing smaller potatoes. For even baking, find potatoes close in size with a uniform thickness throughout.
- Cutting: Use chopsticks to prevent cutting all the way through.
- Seasonings: Adjust the amount of seasonings to your liking by adding more or less. You can also add it other flavors, like maple syrup, garlic, or thyme.
- Butter: Make sure butter sauce gets in-between each slice by applying it with a pastry brush.
Nutrition
Calories: 439kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 294mg | Potassium: 695mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 27182IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 83mg | Iron: 1mg
