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Roasted White Sweet Potatoes with Honey Cinnamon Glaze

These roasted white sweet potatoes with honey cinnamon glaze are the perfect side dish. Slightly sweet with just the right touch of warm cinnamon flavor. Super easy to make and a great addition to your holiday table. 

Roasted White Sweet Potatoes on a plate.

I have a confession – I LOVE WHITE SWEET POTATOES!

Don’t get me wrong, I like regular orange sweet potatoes too but white sweet potatoes are so deliciously fantastic!

They aren’t as easy to find as your typical orange sweet potatoes but when I do find them I scoop them all up!

But, don’t worry if you can’t find white sweet potatoes at your store. This recipe works perfectly with normal everyday sweet potatoes. I promise.

The glaze is made out of sweet honey, olive oil, cinnamon (or pumpkin pie spice!), and just a touch of fresh thyme leaves.

This dish is slightly sweet with just the right touch of warm spices.  

Roasted White Sweet Potatoes served on a serving plate.

Ingredients for roasted sweet potatoes

  • White sweet potatoes – I really love white sweet potatoes in this dish but if you can’t find them you can easily subsitute with orange sweet potatoes.
  • Honey – Use a delicious local honey if you can find it. I also like to use a lighter honey as it’s not as strong and bitter as dark honey.
  • Olive oil – This helps keep the sweet potatoes from sticking while baking while also adding flavor to the potatoes and glaze.
  • Fresh thyme leaves – I love the addition of fresh herbs to cut through the sweetness of the honey and cinnamon.
  • Cinnamon – This adds a touch of warm flavor. If you want even more warm flavor try using pumpkin pie spice.
  • Kosher salt – Just a touch of kosher salt to bring out all the flavors of the ingredients.
  • Black pepper – If you want things even spicier try adding a dash of cayenne pepper.
Roasted White Sweet Potatoes sprinkled with fresh thyme.

How to roast white sweet potatoes

  1. Preheat oven – Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat liner.
  2. Prepare veggies – In a large bowl add you chopped sweet potatoes and toss with honey, olive oil, cinnamon, thyme leaves, kosher salt and black pepper. Add to your prepared baking sheet.
  3. Roast – Place your sweet potatoes into the preheated oven and roast for 25-30 minutes or until soft.
  4. Serve – Serve along side your protein of choice.
Roasted White Sweet Potatoes served warm.

What is the difference between white and orange sweet poatoes?

White sweet potatoes are slightly sweeter and less creamy than the traditional orange sweet potato.

They also contain less beta carotene than the orange variety.

Tips for roasting sweet potoates

  1. Preheating – Make sure to preheat you oven so the potatoes all cook evenly.
  2. Size matters – Try to keep all your sweeet poatoes pieces around the same size so they all roast up perfectly at the same time.
  3. Keep it nonstick – Make sure to line your sheet pan with parchment paper or a Silpat liner so your sticky glazed potatoes don’t stick.
  4. Gentle roasting – Make sure to gently toss while you’re roasting so no one side gets too brown.
Roasted White Sweet Potatoes on a serving board.

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These roasted white sweet potatoes with honey cinnamon glaze are the perfect side dish. Slightly sweet with just the right touch of warm cinnamon flavor. Super easy to make and a great addition to your holiday table. 

Roasted White Sweet Potatoes with Honey Cinnamon Glaze

These roasted white sweet potatoes with honey cinnamon glaze are the perfect side dish. Slightly sweet with just the right touch of warm cinnamon flavor. Super easy to make and a great addition to your holiday table.
4.49 from 83 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat liner, set aside.
  • In a large bowl add cubed sweet potatoes and add in honey, olive oil, fresh thyme leaves, pumpkin pie spice, kosher salt, and black pepper.
  • Stir to combine.
  • Add to your prepared rimming baking sheet and roast for 25-30 minutes.
  • Every 10 minutes stir the potatoes so they don’t burn. Careful while turning the potatoes that you do not break them.
  • Serve hot.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 300kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Sodium: 219mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 23g
Course Side Dishes
Cuisine American
Keyword side dish recipes, sweet potato, sweet potato recipes, thanksgiving recipes, white sweet potato, white sweet potato recipes
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Diana

Saturday 11th of March 2023

I didn't know what to do with the white sweet potatoes I'd picked up, so I tried your recipe and it was amazing!! Thank you so much!

Vicki

Thursday 2nd of December 2021

Can i make this dish in zdvance & then reheat

nutmegnanny

Friday 3rd of December 2021

Yes! If the sauce gets too thick you can thin it out with a little water.

Paul Creagh

Monday 8th of November 2021

You forgot to add the cinamon

nutmegnanny

Monday 8th of November 2021

Hi Paul - I actually use pumpkin pie spice which includes cinnamon. Feel free to replace that spice mix with the same amount of cinnamon.

M

Friday 23rd of October 2020

I made a small batch (one pound of white sweet potatoes, half recipe for the glaze) added cayenne pepper for a subtitle kick... OMG!

Pam

Sunday 6th of September 2020

Didn't know what to do with white sweet potatoes and found this recipe. I adjusted it in only one respect--in addition to the pumpkin spice, I added a tiny bit of cardamom....delicious!

Nutmeg Nanny

Sunday 13th of September 2020

@Pam, I love the addition of cardamom!

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