This best roasted sweet potatoes recipe is every bit as delicious as it sounds! Savory, sweet, and healthy to boot, it really doesn’t get any easier than this to get more sweet potatoes on your plate.
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 25 minutesminutes
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Total Time: 40 minutesminutes
Servings:6servings
Ingredients
2poundssweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1-inch pieces
2tablespoonsolive oil, or other mild oil
2tablespoonsbutter, metled, may sub 2 tablespoons oil
1teaspoonsalt, more to taste
½teaspoonfreshly cracked black pepper, or 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
optional topping
2tablespoonsbutter, melted
1teaspoonhoney
Instructions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees and lightly grease a large baking sheet.
Toss chopped sweet potatoes with oil and butter, then season with salt and pepper.
Spread sweet potatoes out evenly on your prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until potatoes are tender and edges begin to blacken and crisp up.
Serve immediately, or brush melted butter/honey mixture over sweet potatoes just before serving.