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Double Baked, Sweetened Sweet Potatoes

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List of Ingredients

Double Baked, Sweetened Sweet Potatoes

6 whole medium size sweet potatoes, scrubbed
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1, 8 ounce package softened cream cheese
1/3 to 1/4 cup light brown sugar,
...according to your preferred sweetness
4 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/3 cup chopped walnuts, optional

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Rub the sweet potato skins with the oil.
Wrap each one separately, in aluminum foil.
Bake 1 hour, or until soft when poked/tested in the
center.
Remove from oven and carefully unwrap.
Cover loosely with foil and set aside.
Combine the cream cheese, sugar, butter, vanilla,
salt and pepper together in a large bowl.
Slice each baked potato in half lengthwise.
Leaving about 1/4 inch shell, scoop the insides into the
cream mixture. Caution!! They will still be very hot, so
try using a clean towel to hold the potato in your hand.
Add the walnuts and mix everything together well.
Then spoon evenly back into each potato shell.
Bake for 10 - 15 minutes at 350 degrees F., just to heat
through.
Makes 12, 1/2 of a sweet potato servings.


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