How to Bake a Sweet Potato
Learn how to bake a sweet potato properly - so that it caramelizes itself and you don't have to add a bunch of brown sugar to make it taste good. ;)
Servings - 4 servings
Ingredients
- 4 small sweet potatoes
- 1 1/2 cups water
- Foil
- 2 Tbsp butter to taste
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar or other sweetener as needed to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Place the 4 small sweet potatoes in a glass baking dish. Carefully add a 1" to 2" slit lengthwise down the center.
- Pour the water into the glass baking dish around the sweet potatoes. This will create the "steam-bake" effect on the cooking.
- Cover tightly with foil, pressing and pinching around the edges of the baking dish to create as best of a seal as you can.
- Bake in the preheated oven for XX minutes, or until tender in the middle. Cooking time may depend on how thick the sweet potatoes are.
- Let cool for 10 minutes, then carefully remove the sweet potatoes from the tray.
- Option #1: Serve as is with toppings or butter.
- Option #2: remove the skin and mix in butter to make mashed sweet potatoes. Add sweetener to taste.