Hasselback Sweet Potatoes (Maple Syrup and Pecans)
This easy Hasselback Sweet Potato recipe is made with maple syrup and pecans in a flavored butter. Simple to make for Thanksgiving dinner as an alternative to sweet potato casserole.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 175kcal
Cost: 4
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 small sweet potatoes (about 6 ounces each)
- 1/4 cup softened salted butter
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped pecans
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
Instructions
- Wash and scrub sweet potatoes since you will not be peeling them!
- Preheat oven to 400F degrees. Grease bottom of 1 1/2 quart casserole dish. Line the dish with aluminum foil, first, for easy cleanup.
- Place a sweet potato on a cutting board. Place wooden spoons or chopsticks on either side of a sweet potato. I prefer flat-handled wooden spoons. This will prevent the knife from slicing all the way through the potato.
- Make 1/8-inch-thick slices in the potato. You may have to reposition the spoon handles occasionally, as they might move a little. Place it in the baking dish. Repeat with other potatoes.
- Combine butter, brown sugar, pecans and maple syrup. I used a hand mixer, but if the butter is soft enough, a spoon will work fine.
- Spread half of the butter mixture over the tops and sides of the potatoes. Cover with aluminum foil or a lid and bake for 45 minutes.
- Remove the dish from the oven and carefully uncover. Spread the remaining half of butter mixture over the potatoes. Bake, uncovered, an additional 10 to 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender in the middle. Drizzle melted butter mixture in bottom of thedish over potatoes before serving.A serving can be an entire potato or cut in half to serve eight.
Notes
Tip: To soften butter quickly, microwave on HIGH straight from the refrigerator for 7 seconds. Flip the half stick of butter over and microwave additional 7 seconds. For an 1100 watt microwave, this should perfectly soften a half stick of butter.
I've found that chopsticks are too small and tend to roll around. Flat-handled wooden spoons stay in place better when slicing the sweet potatoes, while preventing the knife from going all the way to the other side of the potato.
The recipe easily doubles for a large crowd.
Hasselback Sweet Potatoes Air Fryer: Loosely wrap each potato (or all in one big foil packet) in aluminum foil before spreading butter mixture over the first time. Air fry at 400 degrees for 35 minutes. Carefully uncover and spread remaining butter mixture over the potatoes. Air fry an additional 8 minutes or until potatoes are tender in the middle. Drizzle with butter mixture in the bottom before serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 1half of potato | Calories: 175kcal