[header] How to cook a sweet potato in the oven [title] Preheat the oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit (200 degrees celsius). [step] Line a baking sheet with nonstick aluminum foil. [substeps] If desired, you could coat the baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray or grease it with a little oil instead of using foil.
[header] How to cook a sweet potato in the oven [title] Preheat the oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit (200 degrees celsius). [step] Line a baking sheet with nonstick aluminum foil. [substeps] If desired, you could coat the baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray or grease it with a little oil instead of using foil.
Note that ungreased baking sheets may need to be replaced more often than ungreased. For a better tasting sweet potato, skip the other forms of baking. Both of these choices are options you could also drizzle over the potato during the bake. For best results, you should wait until the top of the potato is just a bit charred. [title] Slice the sweet potatoes and place them onto the foil. [step] Use a sharp knife or melon baller to cut each sweet potato in half lengthwise. [title] Pierce each sweet potato with a fork. [step] Use the prongs of a fork to pierce each sweet potato about 6 to 10 times, spacing the piercings apart in a relatively even manner.