Baked Sweet Potatoes

8 years ago

Do you have them with Christmas dinner? I used to make candied sweet potatoes, still do once in awhile but the kids enjoy them baked with a sweet'ish topping. Its really a nice treat to have instead of the candied. The topping I use makes them taste like pumpkin pie which is why the boys love them. I'll also have regular baked potatoes. I'm posting the topping recipe in case anyone wants to try it.

1/4 cup butter (real) softened

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Pinch salt

1&1/2 teaspoons sugar

Whip everything together

Spoon it onto wax paper and form into a log. Put in frig to turn firm. Slice off amount you want and place on top of Sweet Potato....Yummm.

I can't give credit to original recipe donor as I can't remember where I got it.

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Ali

8 years ago

I find baked sweet potatoes really sweet on their own. Your recipe isn't loaded with sugar so it's great your kids will eat them. I prefer mine plain with butter, salt and pepper.

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veggiegardnr
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
We have baked sweet potatoes all the time. Hardly a week goes by where we won't have them at least once. They're tasty and packed with nutrients! We buy (10 lb?) bags of them at Costco. :)
glenda_al
8 years ago
My favorite for special times:

Baked Sweet Potatoes with maple-jalapeno sour cream

Rub oil and salt on 4 scrubbed, sweet potatoes and dried
Place on rack
and take 450 for 40-45 minuts or until soft (I wrap mine in foil)

Topping
Combine
1/2 c sour cream
1 Tbl maple syrup
2 tsp
seeded and minced jalapeno ***I use canned minced green chiles, drained
1
tsp lime juice
salt and tobasco to taste
chill

Serve potatoes with:
maple-jalapeno sour cream
bacon bits
sliced
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PKponder TX Z7B
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last modified: 8 years ago
Your recipe sounds delicious

I love them baked and plain with just a bit of butter, but recently was searching for a recipe to use with some freshly harvested ginger and found this yummy recipe. I subbed extra virgin olive oil since grapeseed oil was so expensive and it was delicious!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/240222/rosemary-sweet-sweet-potatoes-with-ginger/?internalSource=recipe%20hub&referringContentType=search%20results&clickId=cardslot%2051
Marilyn Sue
8 years ago
No, not for holidays, we have the candied. That is what they want and that is what they get. I like them candied and I like them just baked with butter.

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
8 years ago
To me it's not the holiday without sweet potatoes in some form. I didn't have any for Thanksgiving. I don't know if we are having any tomorrow. I bought a small single portion of sweet potato praline casserole frozen. It is very good. If we don't have any tomorrow for lunch I will have it for dinner. Hubby doesn't eat sweet potatoes. I do love baked sweet potatoes too.
mamapinky0
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank You everyone for responding and the recipes.

Well the boys did enjoy the sweet potatoes but have decided they prefer them plain with nothing on them which is how they usually eat them.

I have baked SP at least once a week. Cheap, easy, filling, and loaded in good stuff. My husband won't touch them so I generally bake a regular potato for him. I have save one for Little Lil to mix in with her night time dinner tonight, only a spoon or so. I know sweet potatoes are commonly in some dog foods so I think it will be ok.

Happy eating folks.
Janie
8 years ago
I like them baked and served plain myself. But for an occasion, I scoop out the potato and chop some candied ginger and mix it in with butter and that's kind of nice.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
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I had one today! My neighbor had us over for lunch. I had it with just a little butter. Yummy
vicsgirl
8 years ago
I love them baked in the oven, split, with butter or sour cream, maybe a touch of brown sugar. My daughter prefers candied sweets, with marshmallows on top, which to me is gilding the lily,
happy2b…gw
8 years ago
I agree with the boys. The best sweet potatoes are baked.
seagrass_gw Cape Cod
8 years ago
We bake them and put cinnamon honey butter on them. Mash real butter with good honey and some cinnamon. Not too sweet but very tasty.

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