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Baked Sweet Potato Recipe

These Baked Sweet Potato Recipes Are a
Great Alternative to Other Baked Potato Recipes

There is a baked sweet potato recipe to go with almost any meal.

We love traditional baked potatoes, however more and more frequently we choose a baked sweet potato recipe to go with pork chops, ham or other meals.

These tasty and nutritious tubers can be fixed in so many ways that it's unlikely you will ever tire of them.

Favorite Baked Sweet Potato Recipe

One potato is one serving so just adjust this recipe for more or fewer people:

Ingredients:

6 lg. sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into thick slices
1 tsp. salt
1 c. brown sugar
2 tbsp. butter
6 lg. marshmallows
1 c. half & half or light cream
2 tbsp. flour
Chopped nuts (optional) We prefer pecans but use whatever you like.

Directions:

Mix salt, sugar and flour together and sprinkle over sweet potatoes. Dot with butter. Add marshmallows and cream. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 - 45 minutes. Check with a fork for tenderness. Sprinkle with chopped nuts after baking.

Serves 6

If you love sweet potato recipes as much as we do, you may want a copy of our favorite Sweet Potato Cookbook

Stuffed Baked Sweet Potato Recipe

Ingredients:

6 med. sweet potatoes
2 tbsp. butter
1 c. shredded pineapple
1/4 c. chopped walnuts
1 tsp. salt
12 large marshmallows
Juice of 1 orange

Directions:

Wash potatoes. Bake in 350 degree oven until done but still firm. Cut in half lengthwise and scoop potato flesh out of skins.

Mash scooped out potatoes, adding butter, salt and orange juice. Stir in pineapple and walnuts. Refill potato half-shells with mixture. Cut each marshmallow in half and place two halves on top of each potato half-shell. Place in hot oven until marshmallows are heated through and slightly browned on top.

Serves 6

Grated Baked Sweet Potato

Ingredients:

2 1/2 c. peeled, grated sweet potatoes
1 c. sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1 stick butter, melted
1 c. milk
1 egg
Cinnamon to taste

Directions:

Stir ingredients together. Bake in casserole dish at 400 degrees for 45 minutes.

Serves 2

Spiced Sweet Potato Bake

Ingredients:

3 lbs. sweet potatoes
1/2 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
3 tbsp. butter, melted
1 c. milk

Directions:

Cook sweet potatoes until tender in boiling salted water; prick with fork to check. Peel and mash. Add sugar, butter, salt and spices. Stir in milk. Put in buttered casserole. Sprinkle with nutmeg and sugar. Bake at 400 degree for 30 to 35 minutes.

Serves 6

Onion Baked Sweet Potato Recipe

Ingredients:

2 medium sweet onions
2 medium sweet potatoes
2 tbsp. Parmesan cheese
2 pats of butter

Directions:

Peel onions and slice into 5 equal slices. Scrub potatoes well and cut into 6 equal crosswise slices. Dredge onions and sides of potatoes in cheese. Reassemble potatoes with a slice of onion between each slice of potato.

Wrap each sweet potato in aluminum foil that has a pat of butter on it. Seal foil and bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.

Serves 2