Baked Sweet Potatoes

The past two weeks has been a little rough.  I had my tonsils taken out and I have been unable to get out of bed let alone cook.  However, there were a few good days in which I was able to make a few little things for my caretakers.  My Mom came to visit to help me out while I was under the weather.   The last week of my CSA gave me a bounty of sweet potatoes. So I decided to bake a couple for my Mom.  I was unable to eat them, but they smelled really good.

Baked Sweet Potatoes

• 2 sweet potatoes
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 2 tsp kosher salt
• 2 tbs butter
• 2 tbs brown sugar
• pinch cinnamon
• pinch nutmeg

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

These start out just like my perfect baked potato.  Wash the sweet potatoes.  Then coat them in olive oil and top with 1 tsp of kosher salt each.  Bake salt side up in the oven for 35-45 minutes.  This will depend on the size of the sweet potato. When a fork can be easily inserted remove from the oven.

Cut a slit halfway through each potato.  Then insert 1 tbs of butter into each potato.  Next top each potato with 1 tbs of brown sugar and a pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg.

Place the potatoes back into the oven for another 5-10 minutes or until butter and brown sugar melt.

Serve as a side for your favorite meal.