Easy baked sweet potatoes are a wonderful dinner or side dish.
You’re likely to have all the ingredients in your pantryyou just need four, plus the sweet potatoes.
Learn how to make baked sweet potatoes, and feel free to personalize the toppings to your preferences.
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But you could actually use just the method to bake the potatoes.
Then, pick your toppings that you want, including pulled pork, ground chicken, and more.
Should I brush the potatoes with oil before baking?
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you could coat the sweet potatoes in a bit of vegetable oil before roasting if you want.
We recommend you bake sweet potatoes at 425F.
This temperature creates the just-right results for a baked sweet potato in less than a hour in most cases.
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you might also roast at slightly lower temperatures.
Just keep in mind, the lower the temperature, the longer the baking.
At 350F, you should plan to bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes.
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For 400F, a sweet potato will likely be done between 50 minutes and 1 hour after baking starts.
Can you cook sweet potatoes in the microwave?
We also will always lovestuffed potatoes.
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But the ideas don’t stop there.
Ingredients
4(12-oz.)
Prick potatoes:
Liberally prick sweet potatoes all over using a fork.
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Bake sweet potatoes:
Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet.
Bake in preheated oven until very tender, 45 to 55 minutes.
Pull each sweet potato open, and fluff using a fork.
Top evenly with butter pieces; sprinkle with sugar, salt, and pepper.
