Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes with Bacon Topping

Name: Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes with Bacon Topping
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: US & Canada
Ingredients: 4 small, sweet potatoes (8 ounces each), unpeeled, each lightly pricked with fork in 3 places; 4 slices, bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 2 slices, hearty white sandwich bread, crusts removed, cut into 1/8- to 3/4-inch pieces; 1 teaspoon, minced fresh thyme; , Salt and pepper; 1/2 ounce, Parmesan cheese, grated (1/4 cup); 1 , large egg, lightly beaten; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted

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By Celeste Rogers

Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2013

Could a casserole trick turn watery sweet potatoes into a fluffy filling?

SERVES6

TIME1¼ hours

Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes with Bacon Topping

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We learned that a microwave start, instead of an initial bake, best maintained the integrity of the delicate sweet potato skins. Baking the scooped-out shells in the oven before stuffing transformed them into a toothsome, stable base. By ad...

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