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Melting Sweet Potatoes
Melting Sweet Potatoes are nicely caramelized on the outside and wonderfully creamy and soft inside. Oven roasted potatoes never tasted so good!
- Prep10 min
- Cook45 min
- Total55 min
- Serves6
- Rating4.7

Melting Sweet Potatoes are so tender and delicious. They literally melt in your mouth. Oven roasted sweet potatoes never tasted so good! They are nicely caramelized on the outside and wonderfully creamy and soft inside.

This is the sweet potato version of one of my very favorite potato recipes- Melting Potatoes.
Sweet potatoes don’t get quite as crispy or caramelized as regular potatoes since their moisture content is much higher, but they still taste absolutely divine.
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Recipe Tips
- Some baking pans are better than others at getting vegetables browned in the oven. I find the darker coated pans lead to more browning.
- These Melting Sweet Potatoes are cooked at a very high temperature so it is important to NOT use a glass baking dish. They run the risk of shattering under high heat.
- To make these potatoes spicy, add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
- You can use chicken, beef, or vegetable broth to make these potatoes. Your choice.
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Variations
If you want to add more flavor, you can add a little chopped fresh thyme or rosemary. For a little extra sweetness and spice, drizzle the finished dish with hot honey. For a little crunch, add some chopped toasted pecans.

Try These Other Sweet Potato Recipes
- Shake and Bake Sweet Potatoes
- Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes
- Spicy-Sweet Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Crock Pot Sweet Potato Casserole
- Bourbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes
- Southern Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients
Steps
- 1
Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
- 2
Place sweet potato slices in a single layer in a 9x13-inch pan. Do NOT use a glass pan. Glass can shatter in a really hot oven, plus it will not do a good job at browning the sweet potatoes.
- 3
Combine butter, olive oil, salt and pepper and pour over the sweet potatoes. Flip the potatoes over to make sure they are completely covered in the butter mixture.
- 4
Place in oven for 15 minutes. Remove from oven, flip each sweet potato over and return to oven for 15 more minutes.
- 5
Remove from oven. Flip over again. Add the garlic and beef broth to the pan and return to oven for 15 more minutes.
Notes
To make these potatoes spicy, add a quarter teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
Nutrition
- Calories208
- Carbs31
- Protein3
- Fat9
- Sodium575
- Fiber5
- Sugar6







