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Make These Maple and Thyme Sweet Potatoes for Dinner Tonight

Whether doused generously on french toast or mixed into oatmeal, maple syrup is a staple ingredient at breakfast. Now imagine that same maple flavor, but in the form of crystalized sugar. Maple sugar is great at bringing out the sweetness in sweet potatoes.

Roasted in the oven, the sweet potatoes candy and caramelize while thyme and olive oil play as the savory counterpart duo. Wonderful chilled or warm, serve these sweet potatoes the next time you’re having pork or poultry. Leftovers can be stored for up to five days, and make a nice addition to kale salads.

Maple and Thyme Sweet Potatoes

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 15 minutesCook time: 30 minutesTotal time: 45 minutesServings:2 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Photo by Ellen Gibbs

    Preheat the oven to 450˚F. While the oven is heating up, dice the sweet potato into large chunks and toss with fresh thyme, olive oil, salt and pepper.

  2. Photo by Ellen Gibbs

    Sprinkle with maple sugar and toss on a baking sheet. Alternatively, lay the sweet potatoes on the baking sheet and grate a generous amount maple sugar on top.

  3. Photo by Ellen Gibbs

    Roast for 30 minutes, toss, then roast for a remaining 10 minutes.

I'm a senior at the University of New Hampshire, majoring in communication. Yogi who enjoys cooking whole foods through time-honored methods. When I'm not in the kitchen, I'm usually fantasizing about new flavor combinations or hovering over a plate of food with a camera.