Brown Sugar & Marshmallow Baked Sweet Potatoes
"I have decided to showcase a dish using marshmallows and sweet potatoes, creating a sweet and savory side dish or lunch item, sure to warm your heart and body."
photo by The Foodgitive
- Ready In:
- 52mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
4 Potatoes
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 4 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed
- salt & pepper
- 4 teaspoons butter
- 8 teaspoons packed brown sugar
- 48 mini marshmallows
directions
- Preheat oven to 400. With a fork, poke potatoes in several places.
- Wrap in square foil on baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes- being sure not to rip foil when wrapping.
- Tuck foil under to the sides of each potato- being careful not to burn yourself.
- Cut a deep cross in the top of each potato- reaching ¾ of the way down the potato.
- Slowly push together the ends to create an opening.
- Sprinkle inside with salt and pepper.
- Add 1 tbsp butter to each potato.
- Add 2 tsp sugar to each potato.
- Sprinkle 12 marshmallows on each potato.
- Set oven to High broil and put under broiler for a 4 minutes, making sure to move pan inside the oven at 1 minute intervals.
- The marshmallows should be light brown in color.
Questions & Replies
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Can you explain steps 2 and 3 better? I can't tell what you mean about wrapping the potatoes on the sides (I've never made potatoes this way before). Are we wrapping them fully once (or twice?) or leaving it open then wrapping them fully after baking? Thank you!
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I am not a professional cook, a culinary master or world-renowned chef, I am, however a 1st generation Italian who grew up with a love of food, a love of cooking and a love of family.