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Love getting a hot warm sweet potato at your favorite steakhouse? My Restaurant Style: Baked Sweet Potato Recipe with cinnamon brown sugar butter will totally satisfy that craving. I promise!
There really isn’t too much to baking a sweet potato, but there are a few tips to creating the perfect baked sweet potato. I love cooking up a dozen and then using them in recipes all week long. The sweetness makes them perfect for breakfast and dessert recipes. But my favorite are savory chips, fries, or mashed as a side dish.
My go-to side dish with a big juicy steak is usually a baked sweet potato. The savory steak paired with the sweetness from the potato and of course the cinnamon butter makes the perfect supper in my book! Luckily for me, my kids aren’t fans of sweet potatoes so I don’t have to share.
Sweet Potato Nutrition
Did you know that a small sweet potato has only 60 calories? That makes them super healthy and of course they are pretty inexpensive so they are very budget {and waistline} friendly. Sweet Potatoes are high in vitamin B6, a good source of vitamins C & D, they are a decent source of Iron, Magnesium, and Potassium, and they are high in carotenoids (ie beta carotene).
The benefits of sweet potatoes range from boosting energy, controlling stress levels, reduces risk of certain cancers, offers protection against asthma, heart disease, and can help delay the aging process! Seriously..delays the aging process….where do I sign up!?!?! Sweet potatoes are also an immunity booster so eat up this winter. Not only will you be keeping the colds away, but you will look younger in the spring. {Haha}
Looking for more Sweet Potato Recipes? I’ve got a bunch of Easy Sweet Potato Recipes <—- click for more!
Restaurant Style Baked Sweet Potato Recipe with Cinnamon Sugar Butter
Just like the sweet potatoes at your favorite steak house! Restuarant style baked sweet potato topped with homemade cinnamon sugar butter!
Ingredients
- 4 Medium Sweet Potatoes
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 4 tbs butter
- 4 tbs brown sugar
- 3 tsps ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F. Wash and light scrub potatoes. Drizzle with olive oil and rub oil all over skin. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 45-55 minutes or until fork pierces through the potato easily.
- Meanwhile, combine butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Return to refrigerator until potatoes are ready to serve.
- Remove from oven and let cool slightly before splitting open to serve. Top with a tablespoon of sweet cinnamon butter.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1 potatoAmount Per Serving: Calories: 293Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 135mgCarbohydrates: 39gFiber: 5gSugar: 19gProtein: 2g
Nutrition shown is for 1 potato topped with 1 tbsp cinnamon butter
Best Sweet Potato Recipes
Mashed Sweet Potato Recipe with Brown Sugar
Savory Mashed Sweet Potato Recipe
I think the brown sugar amount is meant to be teaspoons not tablespoon. 4 tablespoons is way too much
Hi Marco, Feel free to reduce the sugar to your preference. w-
I followed butter recipe however mine is very dark and only used 2 tsp of cinnamon. Added more butter but still dark ?
Hi Dawn, I don’t the color really matters. The color can vary based on the brand of butter and cinnamon used. w-
Did you use whipped butter? Or rather, did you whip it yourself? I’m having a hard time getting that consistency (in the photo!)
I don’t whip my butter. In fact, this is a dairy free butter and in the picture….it’s just melted a little into the potato. Nothing fancy..the cinnamon butter has just melted a little. 🙂 w-
This looks so good! Thanks for the recipe.
Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite foods and this recipe looks delicious! Pinned, with thanks! 🙂
Sweet Potatoes are my fav 🙂 Love to try this recipe.
Sweet Potatoes are so healthy and I just love this sweet potato recipe to help me jazz up my sweet potatoes when I serve them. I will be trying this recipe soon!
Sometimes when I’m in a hurry I bake mine in the microwave. Not quite as good but really fast and still delicious.
I can’t wait to show my wife this recipe. She loves sweet potatoes. Thanks.
I will have to try this in the upcoming weeks!!
Hooray for this! I’m pinning it because I wanted to know how to do it and hadn’t bothered to figure it out for myself yet. Now I don’t have to because you did it for me.