Sheet-Pan Candied Smashed Sweet Potatoes
Candied smashed sweet potatoes are served with the perfect ratio of melted brown sugar and oven roasted marshmallows spilling over the top. Easy to make ahead instruction in the blog.
Servings: 6
Calories:
Ingredients
- 2-3 Sweet Potatoes
- 3 TBSP Olive Oil
- ¼ tsp Kosher Salt
- ¼ cup Butter
- 2 TBSP Ground Cinnamon
- ½ cup Brown Sugar
- 5 oz Mini Marshmallows
- 2 oz Chopped Pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F
- Cut the sweet potatoes into about ½ inch slices, lay on the sheet pan in a single layer. Drizzle on olive oil and sprinkle on the kosher salt. Bake at 400F for 20-25 minutes until fork-tender and soft enough to smash (not too soft to smoosh).2-3 Sweet Potatoes, 3 TBSP Olive Oil, ¼ tsp Kosher Salt
- Take out of the oven, using the bottom of a glass or a hand potato mashed, smash the sweet potatoes.
- Top the smashed sweet potato with a small slab of butter (a finger nail thickness), sprinkle on cinnamon.¼ cup Butter, 2 TBSP Ground Cinnamon
- Top with brown sugar, until the sweet potato is covered.½ cup Brown Sugar
- Top with mini marshmallows.5 oz Mini Marshmallows
- Bake at 400F for 10 minutes.
- Top with chopped pecans.2 oz Chopped Pecans
- Bake at 400F for 5 minutes.
