Baked Sweet Potatoes
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INGREDIENTS Medium-sized sweet potatoes, washed, dried, and lightly pricked with fork 2 tablespoon vegetable oil Salt and pepper, or sugar, if desired Unsalted butter Select as many as required sweet potatoes, (orange-fleshed variety). Scrub and prick with fork. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Rub potatoes with oil, then arrange on foil-lined baking sheet as far apart as possible. Bake until knife tip slips easily into potato center, 40 to 50 minutes. Slit each potato lengthwise; and using kitchen or paper towel, hold ends and squeeze together slightly until soft flesh mounds up. Dot with butter and season with salt and pepper, or sugar to taste. NOTE - You can top with miniature marshmallows, return to oven until brown, if desired.