Maple syrup and pecans are just like peanut butter and jelly, they go so well together. Add sweet potatoes to that mix and you’ve got your Three Musketeers. The taste of maple syrup and pecans complements the taste of sweet potatoes beautifully.
This hasselback sweet potatoes recipe requires some skill, but the results will be worth all the trouble. It is the perfect fall dish to serve at your Thanksgiving feast or Halloween party. There is nothing that scream fall quite like this hasselback sweet potato!
How to make Hasselback Maple Pecan Sweet Potatoes?
Preheat the oven to 425 F degrees (215 degrees Celsius).
Make vertical cuts into your sweet potatoes almost all the way down, but don’t cut through them.
Brush the sweet potatoes with vegetable oil.
Season the sweet potatoes with salt and pepper.
Put the sweet potatoes in a baking dish.
Bake for 30-40 minutes.
Take the dish out of the oven and turn the oven up to 450 F degrees (218 degrees Celsius)..
Mix melted butter, ground cinnamon, chopped pecans, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl.
Pour the resulting mixture over the sweet potatoes.
Bake for another 8-10 minutes.
What do you eat maple pecan sweet potatoes with?
The taste of maple pecan sweet potatoes pairs beautifully with so many fall dishes! If you’re working on a Thanksgiving feast, these sweet potatoes will be the star of the show. Serve your sweet potatoes with baked turkey or chicken, and oven-fried or grilled veggies.
How do you make sure you don’t cut through your hasselback potatoes?
In order to avoid cutting through the potato when you’re making incisions, place the potato in between two chopsticks. That will not only stabilize the potato, but also offer some guidance for the knife. This way you will feel the chopsticks at the bottom and won’t be able to cut any further into the potato.
Where does the name Hasselback come from?
The name actually comes from the restaurant where the dish was first served. The potato dish was first served in a restaurant in Stockholm called Hasselbacken.
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup pecans,chopped
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 425 F degrees.
Make vertical cuts into your sweet potatoes almost all the way down, but don’t cut through them.
Brush the sweet potatoes with vegetable oil.
Season the sweet potatoes with salt and pepper.
Put the sweet potatoes in a baking dish.
Bake for 30-40 minutes.
Take the dish out of the oven and turn the oven up to 450 F degrees.
Mix melted butter, ground cinnamon, chopped pecans, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl.
Pour the resulting mixture over the sweet potatoes.
Bake for another 8-10 minutes.
