- 4 garnet yams
- 1/2 cup [125 mL] whipped butter
- 3 tablespoons [45 g] sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons [7.5 mL] cinnamon
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- Preheat oven to 400°F [200°C].
- Bake yams for 45 to 75 minutes [bigger yams take longer to cook.
- When they are done, the outside will have darkened and the inside will be soft.
- You may see liquid oozing out from the potato and charring.
- When the potato is sliced open, the inside of the skin will be charred black from the caramelizing sugar in the potato.
- This is a perfectly cooked sweet potato or yam.
- Mix together cinnamon and sugar.
- To serve, slice each sweet potato down the center.
- Spoon in 2 tablespoons [30 mL] of the whipped butter, then sprinkle top of each sweet potato with some of the cinnamon/sugar mixture.
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