How to Make and Top a Tasty Baked Sweet Potato
A root vegetable with copper-colored skin and a yellow or orange fleshy interior, the sweet potato is available year-round, with a peak season in time for the fall and winter holidays. Sweet potatoes are a nutritious vegetable and have high levels of vitamin A, vitamin B6, potassium and dietary fiber. Versatile as well as healthy, sweet potatoes can be cooked in a variety of recipes. When baked, sweet potatoes can be topped with either sweet or savory ingredients. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 2 sweet potatoes
- Fork
- Baking sheet
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Chopped pecans or walnuts
- Cinnamon
- Ginger
- Nutmeg
- Curry
- Miniature marshmallows
- Sour cream
- Chives
- Chili
Instructions
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Baking
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Preheat your oven to 425 F.
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Wash the potatoes and pierce the skin in several places with a fork.
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Place the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and bake for one hour. Turn the potatoes once as they bake.
Topping
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Opt for the classic: butter and brown sugar. For a variant on this traditional topping, add chopped pecans or walnuts.
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Spice up your sweet potato. Add butter and a flavorful spice such as cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger or curry.
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Place dollops of sour cream on the baked sweet potatoes and sprinkle with chives.
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Transform the sweet potato into a complete meal by topping it with chili. Chilis with or without meat work equally well.
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Sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon on the sweet potato and top with a few miniature marshmallows. Put the sweet potato in the oven for 30 seconds to 1 minute to let the marshmallows slightly melt.
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