The Best Baked Sweet Potato
These baked sweet potatoes are delicious, savory, sweet, and packed full of vitamins! Great served with butter or a drizzle of maple syrup!
Servings: 4 servings
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 large sweet potatoes skins scrubbed but not peeled
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Butter for serving, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F and line a sheet pan with parchment paper, set aside.
- Scrub the sweet potatoes so no turn remains and dry the potatoes with paper towels or a kitchen towel.
- Lay the potatoes on the prepared baking sheet pan and piece the potatoes 4-5 times with a fork over the body of the potato.
- Massage the skins with an equal amount of oil, kosher salt, and black pepper.
- Bake for 30 minutes, carefully flip the potato and continue baking for another 30 minutes or until fork tender.
- Let potatoes rest for 5 minutes, cut open, and serve with your desired topping and spices.
Notes
- Try to buy potatoes that are similar in size so they bake up at the same time.
- I'm topping these sweet potatoes with butter you could optionally top them with brown sugar and nuts, marshmallows, sour cream, and bacon, or smothered in chili!
Nutrition
Serving: 1potato | Calories: 288kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Sodium: 706mg | Potassium: 765mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 32064IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 1mg