How to Bake Sweet Potatoes

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Ingredients

Makes: As many as you like but we are basing the recipe nutrition on 2 sweet potatoes.

2 sweet potatoes

2 teaspoons olive oil

Aluminum foil to wrap the sweet potatoes

Directions

1. When you choose your sweet potatoes, pick nice long ones as they are sweeter and more meatier.

2. Be sure there is no rot on the potatoes you select and try to choose same sizes so when you bake them they bake at the same time.

3. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

4. Wash your potato skins really well both for dirt and for bacteria. Dry with a paper towel.

5. Cut off the little tips and poke holes into the potatoes. This helps with even cooking.

6. Use a pastry brush to apply a little olive oil evenly onto the potato.

7. Wrap the potatoes individually in aluminum foil. Wrap the foil a little bit on the loose side. Wrapping them allows them to cook evenly inside and out.

8. Place into the oven on the middle rack. It is good to place a sheet of aluminum foil on a lower rack just in case of leakage from the baking potatoes. It will catch the drips which will help to keep your oven clean.

9. Set the timer to 45 minutes and test by piercing with a knife. If it goes through easily then it is done.

10. You can just turn off the oven and let the potatoes sit in the oven for 10 minutes or so.

11. When you remove from the oven don't try to open it right away as it will be very hot.

12. If you are eating right away, once you remove from the oven, open the foil, cut the sweet potato in half and scoop out the potato into a serving dish.

ENJOY!

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