Spicy Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Bacon & Cheddar

Name: Spicy Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Bacon & Cheddar
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 medium sweet potatoes (about 12 ounces each); 4 ounces Cabot Vermont Sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded (1 cup); 4 slices cooked bacon, crumbled; ¼ cup sour cream; 2 scallions, chopped and divided; 2 tablespoons chopped pickled jalapenos; 2 tablespoons Cabot Unsalted Butter; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon ground pepper

Servings

4

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

1 hour

Using the sweet potato jacket to hold the flavorful filling makes these twice baked potatoes incredibly portable. Perfect for backyard dinners, or make-ahead for your camping adventures. If you don’t have pickled jalapenos, chipotles in adobo make a delicious substitute.

Ingredients

4 medium sweet potatoes (about 12 ounces each)
4 ounces Cabot Vermont Sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded (1 cup)
4 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
¼ cup sour cream
2 scallions, chopped and divided
2 tablespoons chopped pickled jalapenos
2 tablespoons Cabot Unsalted Butter
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground pepper

Directions

PREHEAT oven to 400°F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
PRICK sweet potatoes in a few places all over with a fork and place on the prepared pan. Bake until tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Let stand until cool enough to handle.
SPLIT the potatoes and scoop out the flesh into a medium bowl, keeping the skins intact. Add cheese, bacon, sour cream, half the scallions, jalapenos, butter, salt, and pepper to the sweet potato flesh and mash with a potato masher until smooth. Scoop the sweet potato mixture back into the sweet potato skins. Top with the remaining scallions. Wrap each sweet potato in foil. Freeze for up to 3 months.
To heat in the oven: Preheat oven to 450°F. Unwrap a frozen stuffed sweet potato and place on an oven-safe tray or pan. Bake until the filling is bubbling, about 1 hour. (If baking from thawed, it will only need about 20 minutes.)
To heat over a campfire: Place foil-wrapped sweet potato on a cooking grate over a medium to medium-hot fire. Cook, turning once or twice, until steaming hot throughout, 20 to 30 minutes if partially thawed, up to 1 hour if frozen.