Baked Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar and Black Pepper

Name: Baked Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar and Black Pepper
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: 8 sweet potatoes; 1 cup (16 tbsp.) unsalted butter; 1 cup (16 tbsp.) dark brown sugar; Fresh-ground black pepper; Kosher salt, to taste

Serves
serves 8

TODD COLEMAN

SAVEUR associate food editor Ben Mims loves brown sugar and black pepper together: the pepper provides a pleasant heat, and the sugar brings out the spice's latent sweetness. On a rich and earthy baked potato, the combination is a natural. This recipe appeared in our November 2011 issue, with the story Superb Sides.

Ingredients

8 sweet potatoes
1 cup (16 tbsp.) unsalted butter
1 cup (16 tbsp.) dark brown sugar
Fresh-ground black pepper
Kosher salt, to taste

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Instructions

Step 1

Heat oven to 425°. Place sweet potatoes on a foil-lined baking sheet and bake until soft, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove potatoes from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes. Split potatoes open and put 2 tbsp. butter and 2 tbsp. sugar into each potato. Season liberally with black pepper. Finish with kosher salt to taste.