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Place one tablespoon of butter into baked sweet potato and season with salt to taste.

Simple Orange Thyme Sweet Potatoes

Simple Orange Thyme Sweet potatoes are baked sweet potatoes topped with rich butter and infused with orange zest and fresh thyme.
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Course sides
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 4 sweet potatoes medium-sized
  • 2 tablespoons butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon fresh thyme pick the leaves from the sprig and chop them.
  • 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  • Wash and pat dry the sweet potatoes with a paper towel or kitchen towel.
  • Once the sweet potatoes are dry, pierce them 5-6 times with a fork.
  • Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 45-60 minutes or until a fork is easily inserted into the sweet potato.
  • Mix the butter, thyme and orange zest thoroughly.
  • Cut a slit in each sweet potato and place about 1/2 tablespoon of the butter mixture on each sweet potato and sprinkle with salt to taste.
  • If you prefer a sweeter sweet potato, drizzle about 1 tablespoon of honey or real maple syrup on top after the butter has melted (optional).
Keyword orange butter sweet potatoes, orange thyme sweet potatoes, orange zest sweet potatoes, thyme butter sweet potatoes
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