Maple Bacon Sweet Potato Casserole Food

MAPLE GLAZED SWEET POTATOES WITH BACON AND CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Toss the sweet potato chunks, olive oil, salt, and black pepper in a large bowl, and spread the sweet potatoes out onto a large rimmed baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until browned and tender, about 40 minutes; stir after the first 20 minutes.
• Cook the bacon until crisp and brown in a large skillet over medium heat, about 10 minutes; transfer bacon to a bowl, but leave the grease in the skillet. Cook the onions in the bacon grease until browned, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to low, and cook the onions until very soft, brown, and sweet, another 10 to 15 minutes. Stir often. Mix the onions with the bacon in the bowl, and set aside.
• Pour the maple syrup into the hot skillet with the thyme, and bring to a rolling boil. Boil the syrup until reduced by half, 3 to 4 minutes. Place the roasted sweet potatoes and onion-bacon mixture into the skillet, and stir to coat the vegetables with maple glaze. Transfer to a serving dish.

TWICE BAKED MAPLE BACON SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place the sweet potatoes on a foil-lined baking pan. Bake until a paring knife inserted in the center pierces easily, about 1 hour. Cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, cook the bacon in a medium skillet over medium heat until crisp and brown, about 7 minutes. Transfer to a paper-towel lined plate to drain. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat. Crumble bacon.
• Halve the sweet potatoes lengthwise. Carefully scoop most of the flesh out into a bowl, leaving enough flesh in the skin so that it holds its shape. Add the bacon, bacon fat, scallions, maple syrup and 1 cup of the cheese to the sweet potato flesh. Stir together and season with salt and pepper to taste. Refill the sweet potato shells and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
• Place the sweet potatoes back in the oven until heated through and the cheese is melted, about 15 minutes. Top with the reserved scallions and dollops of sour cream.

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH BACON CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• For the sweet potatoes: Line a baking sheet with foil. Line an 8-inch square baking dish with foil.
• Prick the sweet potatoes all over, put them on the prepared baking sheet and roast until soft, 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. Let cool slightly.
• Put the butter and rosemary in a small saucepan over medium heat and cook until the butter starts to brown. Remove from the heat and discard the rosemary. Scoop the sweet potato flesh out of the skins and into a food processor. Add the butter, heavy cream, sugar, cinnamon, egg, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and process until smooth.
• Spread the sweet potato mixture in the prepared 8-inch baking dish.
• For the crumble: Put the bacon in a medium skillet over medium heat and cook until crisp, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate with a slotted spoon, reserving the fat. Whisk together the flour, pecans, sugar and a pinch of salt in a medium bowl. Using your fingers, rub the butter and 2 tablespoons bacon fat into the flour mixture until coarse crumbs form. Add the bacon and toss to combine. Sprinkle the crumble over the sweet potato mixture.
• Bake until lightly browned and hot throughout, about 30 minutes.

MAPLE-SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Prick potatoes with fork; place in single layer on microwaveable plate. Microwave on HIGH 12 to 14 min. or tender. Cool slightly.
• Peel potatoes. Place potatoes in large bowl. Add butter, milk and syrup; mash to desired consistency. Stir in seasonings.
• Spoon into 1-1/2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 30 min. or until heated through.
• Top with marshmallows and nuts. Bake 7 to 9 min. or until marshmallows are slightly puffed and golden brown.

MAPLE-BACON HASSELBACK SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 13x9-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Poke each sweet potato several times with fork. Place on microwavable plate. Microwave uncovered on High 5 minutes. Cool 5 minutes.
• Using serrated knife, cut sweet potatoes crosswise into 1/8-inch slices, leaving bottom 1/4 to 1/2 inch intact. Place sweet potatoes in baking dish. Brush potatoes with 1 tablespoon of the melted butter. Sprinkle with salt.
• Bake 50 to 65 minutes or until completely tender. Brush with remaining tablespoon melted butter. Brush sweet potatoes with maple syrup. Top with bacon and thyme.

MAPLE BACON SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Combine all casserole ingredients and spread into an 8x8 or 9x9 casserole dish.
• Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle evenly across the top of the casserole filling.
• Bake at 375 for 30-45 minutes.