Description
This recipe guides you to make perfectly baked sweet potatoes in the oven at 350 degrees.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 medium sweet potatoes
- Olive oil (optional)
- Salt (to taste)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Wash and scrub the sweet potatoes under running water.
- Pierce each sweet potato several times with a fork.
- If desired, rub with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
- Place the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45-60 minutes, until tender.
- Remove from oven and let cool slightly before serving.
Notes
- Cooking time may vary based on the size of the sweet potatoes.
- Test for doneness by inserting a fork; it should easily pierce the potato.
- Serve with your favorite toppings like butter, cinnamon, or brown sugar.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45-60 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sweet potato
- Calories: 112
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 40 mg
- Fat: 0.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
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