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Hasselback sweet potatoes are served on a plate and topped with brown sugar and cinnamon.
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Hasselback Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar

Hasselback Sweet Potatoes are thinly sliced, slathered in a brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon sauce, and then roasted in the oven until perfectly crisp and tender!

Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 439 kcal
Author London

Ingredients

  • 6 medium sweet potatoes about 2 ½ lbs. total
  • 6 Tbsp. butter melted
*
  • 2 Tbsp. oil olive or avocado
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ½ cup brown sugar or coconut sugar, plus more for topping
  • ¼-½ tsp. cinnamon to taste
  • ½ cup pecans coarsely chopped

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425°F.

  2. Wash potatoes, scrub, and dry thoroughly.

  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Repeat this until the entire potato is sliced thinly. Do this with the other 5 potatoes.

  6. Place potatoes on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. Serve potatoes with additional sugar and cinnamon, if desired, and serve immediately. Enjoy!

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Recipe Notes

  • Use a plant-based butter alternative to make these dairy-free and vegan.
  • Cook longer if potatoes are more than ½ pound each.
Nutrition Facts
Hasselback Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar
Amount Per Serving
Calories 439 Calories from Fat 207
% Daily Value*
Fat 23g35%
Saturated Fat 8g50%
Cholesterol 32mg11%
Sodium 294mg13%
Potassium 695mg20%
Carbohydrates 57g19%
Fiber 7g29%
Sugar 26g29%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 27182IU544%
Vitamin C 5mg6%
Calcium 83mg8%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.