The Best and Quickest Baked Sweet Potatoes

The Best and Quickest Baked Sweet Potatoes

from livesimply.me
40 min
6 servings

The best, quickest, perfectly soft, caramelized sweet potatoes in under 30 minutes. This recipe is allergy friendly: vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free. And the potatoes can be prepped in advance to save time.

Ingredients

  • 3 sweet potatoes
  • 1 tablespoon oil (avocado oil, extra virgin olive oil, or melted coconut oil)
  • salt

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 400F. 

  2. 2

    Cut the sweet potatoes in half, lengthwise, with a sharp knife. Place the potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet. 

  3. 3

    Drizzle the potatoes with one tablespoon of oil, then rub the oil on the flesh of each potato. Sprinkle each potato with just a pinch of salt. 

  4. 4

    Flip the potatoes over, flesh-side down on the baking sheet. Some oil will spill over on the sheet pan--that's normal and okay. 

  5. 5

    Bake the sweet potatoes, uncovered, for 30-35 minutes, until the skins begin to look shriveled and soft. Remove the potatoes from the oven. 

  6. 6

    The baked sweet potatoes should be slightly brown and caramelized on the top of the flesh and soft throughout the potato. Enjoy the potatoes warm (I love to add a tablespoon of butter and cinnamon, or see other ideas in the post above), or place them in an air-tight container in the fridge to enjoy later in the week.