Name: Streusel Sweet Potatoes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 ounce Raw Pecan Pieces, (about 1/4 cup); 1/4 cup Old Fashioned Rolled Oats; 3 tablespoons Brown Sugar; 2 tablespoons White Whole Wheat Flour; 1/4 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon Fine Sea Salt; 2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, cold, cut into pieces (dairy-free stick butter will also work); 2 Sweet Potatoes, 10 to 12 ounces each, scrubbed and dried; 1 1/2 teaspoons Olive Oil; 1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon; 1/16 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg

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If you’re a sweet potato fan, you’ve got to try these streusel-topped sweet potatoes! The combination of creamy baked sweet potatoes topped with a crispy, buttery, crumbly oat mixture is practically addictive.

Twice baked sweet potato on a blue plate.

Faster Baked Sweet Potatoes

Most recipes call for cooking sweet potatoes in the oven (or toaster oven) for over an hour. But for this recipe, we’re going to cut the cooking time in half by using our popular quick baked sweet potatoes.

Are you ready for the super-secret method? Here you go…just slice the sweet potatoes in half lengthwise before cooking! Seriously, that’s it.

While I love the shorter cooking time (especially for quick meals like these cottage cheese sweet potatoes), my favorite thing about making sweet potatoes this way is their flavor.

There’s the usual sweetness plus a hint of roasted flavor. Perfect for pairing with a crunchy pecan streusel!

Recipe Ingredients

As written the recipe makes 4 twice-baked sweet potato halves. If you’re cooking for a crowd, feel free to double the ingredients. The leftovers reheat wonderfully in the toaster oven.

Sweet potatoes, ramekin of oil, and jars of cinnamon and nutmeg labeled on a table.

Small batch streusel ingredients labeled in a bowl.

Ingredient Notes

Butter: Regular or vegan butter (stick, not spread) will both work great.

Flour: All-purpose or white whole wheat. Or you can swap the flour with oat flour, more rolled oats, a gluten-free flour blend, or almond meal.

How to Make Streusel Sweet Potatoes

Step 1: Bake The Sweet Potatoes. Preheat the oven to 400°F, slice the potatoes in half lengthwise, rub all over lightly with oil, and place them on a sheet pan with the orange flesh facing the pan. Bake until tender, about 30 to 35 minutes.

Cooked sweet potato halves on a quarter sheet pan.

Step 2: Make The Streusel. Stir together the pecans, oats, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt. Add the butter and using clean hands (or a fork) work the butter into the oat mixture until it forms into small clumps.

Overhead view of buttery crumble topping in a glass bowl.

Step 3: Add The Topping. Carefully flip the sweet potatoes over and season with cinnamon and nutmeg. Using a fork, gently mash the flesh. Then, sprinkle the crumble topping evenly over the sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes baking inside a countertop oven.

Step 4. Bake at 375°F until the streusel is lightly browned and crispy, about 15 minutes more. Let the sweet potatoes cool slightly, then dig in!

Baked sweet potato halves on a quarter sheet pan.

Tips and Variations

Make Them Sweeter: If you’d like a sweeter dish, you can drizzle the sweet potatoes with maple syrup before mashing.

For an over-the-top side dish, scoop out some of the flesh and mix it with a little cream, orange zest, and brown sugar. Then stuff it back into the sweet potato shells.

Reheating: Place cooked sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and add to a preheated 325°F toaster oven for about 10 minutes or until they are warmed through and the topping is crispy again.

sweet potato halves on a quarter sheet pan.

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