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easy baked sweet potatoes

(3 ratings)
sugarshack avatar
Recipe by
Gail Welch
@sugarshack
Carthage, TX

This is a quick way to prepare baked sweet potatoes. No need to heat up the house by turning on the oven.

(3 ratings)
yield 2 -4
prep time 5 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Microwave

Ingredients For easy baked sweet potatoes

  • 2
    sweet potatoes, large
  • 2 Tbsp
    margarine or butter
  • water, enough to moisten well

How To Make easy baked sweet potatoes

  • 1
    Wash and dry sweet potatoes. Poke holes in potatoes with fork.
  • 2
    Rub each potato on all sides with softened butter.
  • 3
    Wrap potatoes separately & completely in paper towels. Then, moisten with water.
  • 4
    Bake in microwave. Check & turn over after top side gets soft. Continue baking. Should be completely done in about 12 minutes (when no longer hard). Serve warm with a pat of butter.
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