Roasted Sweet Potatoes
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.
Servings:6 servings
Ingredients
- 2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1-inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, or other mild oil
- 2 tablespoons butter, metled, may sub 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon salt, more to taste
- ½ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper, or 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
optional topping
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon honey
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.
Notes
Flavor tip: add 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
Nutrition
Calories: 242 kcal, Carbohydrates: 31 g, Protein: 2 g, Fat: 12 g, Saturated Fat: 2 g, Sodium: 559 mg, Potassium: 514 mg, Fiber: 5 g, Sugar: 7 g, Vitamin A: 21784 IU, Vitamin C: 4 mg, Calcium: 49 mg, Iron: 1 mg
