Maple Pecan Sweet Potatoes

📝 Ingredients

• 4 large sweet potatoes
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 Tbsp pure maple syrup (plus more to taste)
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 Tbsp chopped pecans (plus more for topping)
• Oil for brushing

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat oven to 400°
2. 2Lay sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and poke all over with a fork.
3. 3Brush with oil, then bake for 45 minutes.
4. 4Remove from oven, cut a wedge in the top of each potato, scrape out the insides.
5. 5In a large bowl, mash together potato, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, maple syrup, milk, and pecans with two forks or a pastry cutter.
6. 6Re-stuff potatoes, top with a little more pecans, and bake again for 20 minutes.
7. 7Drizzle with maple syrup and serve.