How to Cook a Sweet Potato

I always “bake” potatoes (sweet or white) in the crockpot. Just pierce, toss in the crockpot with about 1/4 inch of water at the bottom and you are good to go. They come out more moist than oven baked. As an added summer bonus, I can put my crock pot on my back porch or garage and I don’t heat up the house cooking them.

Ingredients

4 sweet potatoes
about 1 cup water (want 1/4-inch deep in your baking dish)
Optional: butter, cinnamon, and ginger

Directions

Place sweet potatoes into baking dish. Slit each sweet potato with knife.
Add about 1/4 inch of water to the baking dish.
Cover with foil and bake at 400 F for 45 minutes – 1 hour.
When each sweet potato is soft, remove from oven and let cool for about 10 minutes before handling.
Squeeze the ends and get the skin to come apart. Skin will be very soft and will come apart from the sweet potato flesh.
Scoop out flesh and mash.
If you like, add a little butter, cinnamon and ginger and mix in.
Mash it up and enjoy!
Place in meal size portions in plastic containers or plastic freezer baggies. Freeze if you don’t plan to eat them all right away!

Source of How to Cook a Sweet Potato @ 5dollardinners.com

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