# Brown Sugar-Pecan Sweet Potato Peels

A delicious and easy recipe for sweet potato peels with a brown sugar and pecan glaze, perfect for Thanksgiving.

- Total time: 15 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 entire sweet potato
- 1 part butter
- 1 part brown sugar
- pecans
- to taste cinnamon
- pinch salt
- oil spray

## Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 450F (232°C).
2. Wash and peel an entire sweet potato.
3. Dry the sweet potato peels with a paper towel.
4. Place an empty baking sheet in the oven for a couple of minutes.
5. Lightly spray the heated baking sheet with oil.
6. Lay the sweet potato peels on the baking sheet in a single layer, being careful not to overcrowd.
7. Bake the peels for 15 minutes at 450F (232°C) or until the edges begin to get crispy.
8. While the peels cook, melt butter.
9. Mix together 1 part melted butter with 1 part brown sugar.
10. Add a pinch of salt and cinnamon to taste to the butter and brown sugar mixture.
11. In a separate pan, toast pecan pieces for 5 minutes in the oven.
12. Add the toasted pecans into the brown sugar butter mixture and mix.
13. Remove the crispy peels from the oven.
14. Drizzle the brown sugar butter and pecan mixture over the sweet potato peels.

## Equipment

- baking sheet
- vegetable peeler
- bowl
- spoon
- oven
- paper towel
- tongs

## Tips

- Airfryers work best for crispier peels.
- Don’t overcrowd the pan; lay peels in a single layer.
- Heat your pan in the oven first for a couple minutes, then lightly spray with oil and add peels.
- Pat dry the peels with a paper towel after peeling to reduce water content for better crispiness.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPG-nazkZou/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6e7465f1-26b3-45df-a75b-f4cb1d13496a
- Extracted: 2025-10-25

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