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Close-up of a roasted sweet potato slice, showing its orange flesh glistening with oil and caramelized, crispy bits on the surface.

Best Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Melissa Jo
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Ingredients
  

  • 3 sweet potatoes
  • 1 stick of butter
  • 1/2 cup of sweetened coconut flakes
  • 1/2 cup of pecans
  • 1 inch piece of peeled fresh ginger
  • 1 tsp of cinnamon and another 1/2 tsp. of the topping
  • 1 tbsp of brown sugar

Instructions
 

  • Firstly, melt 1 stick of butter and pour half of it into a 9 x 13 baking dish
  • Then, pulse the the coconut flakes, pecans, cinnamon, and ginger a few times and put the mixture in the butter. Mix together and spread evenly to make a paste at the bottom of the baking dish.
  • Cut your sweet potatoes in halves and lay them flesh side down into the baking dish
  • Sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon on the potatoes
  • Finally, bake it at 415 degrees for 30 minutes or so

Notes

  • Use a blender or a food processor to easily crumble up the topping ingredients. You only have to pulse a few times.
  • When you are buying the sweet potatoes from the produce section, choose the skinny longer sweet potatoes. Also, try to find sweet potatoes that are as similar in shape as possible so the baking time cooks all of the potatoes evenly.
  • Add the potatoes to the baking dish after you add the glazed mixture to the baking sheet flesh side down.
 
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