These Brown Sugar Roasted Sweet Potatoes are roasted with brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, and a little cayenne for a kick. They are the perfect side dish recipe. Easy to throw together and delicious!
Easy side dishes that a family loves can be really hard to find. But! I have a winner for you today! These Brown Sugar Roasted Sweet Potatoes come together with only a few ingredients and are going to be a fan favorite in your house.
This recipe comes from Donna & Chad Elick from Slow Roasted Italian and their book The Simple Kitchen. It is full of so many great dinner ideas, appetizers, and sides that you will drool over.
INGREDIENTS
This recipe requires only a few simple ingredients that are easy to keep on hand, making this a recipe you can make all the time.
- Sweet Potatoes
- Brown Sugar
- Butter
- Cayenne Pepper
- Cinnamon
HOW TO MAKE BROWN SUGAR ROASTED SWEET POTATOES
This recipe is simple to make!
- Toss the melted butter with the brown sugar and spices.
- Toss all of that with the diced sweet potatoes.
- Enjoy!
WHAT TO SERVE WITH
These would be the perfect side for so many dinner recipes, but here are so of my favorite ideas:
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Brown Sugar Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 TBSP unsalted butter melted
- 2 TBSP light brown sugar packed
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 2 large sweet potatoes peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl. Mix the brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and cayenne pepper into the butter.
- Spread the potatoes on the lined baking sheet. Toss with the butter mixture until the potatoes are completely coated. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, stirring once halfway through.
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Brown Sugar Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Tina says
Would you adjust this recipe at all if using white sweet potatoes? They are less sweet than the orange variety; perhaps more brown sugar or some maple syrup? Thank you.
Tina, I’ve never actually heard of a white sweet potato! Can you believe it?? So I would need to play around with this recipe to know for sure.
Tina says
They are so good. Harder to find but amazing. I hope you like them. Happy Thanksgiving (if you celebrate).
Jeanne Sheehan says
Kids and I loved the recipe! Easy and most important delicious!
So glad to hear this, Jeanne!
Lori says
This was delicious!! I added 10 more minutes in the oven to get those potatoes more caramelized and omitted the cayenne. My kiddos and husband finished them all! By far the best! Thanks for sharing.
So glad you liked them, Lori!
Anna-Catherine says
This may have just been user error, but my sweet potatoes were burned to the point of being inedible after 20 minutes. I was using pre-cubed potatoes from the store, so they were maybe a little smaller and peeled, but I was still pretty shocked. Based on what I was smelling, they probably started to burn after 10 minutes. I’m sure it’s still a good recipe (I totally should have checked on them), but it might be helpful to add a note to keep an eye on the oven.
I’m so sorry this happened to you! I would guess that its the size of potatoes, like you think. Is it possible your oven runs hot?
Marge says
How can you make it easier to peel and dice the fresh sweet potatoes
I wish I had a trick for this, but I don’t. Sorry!
Brenda says
I made these recently and they were delicious. I want to make them again for Christmas. If I use 6-7 potatoes should I triple the rest of ingredients? It just seems like so much
I’m sorry I’m just seeing this, Brenda. I haven’t tested this with more potatoes. If you gave it a try, I’d love to hear how it went.
Carla says
This definitely one of our favorite side dishes. Easy , yummy perfect with so many grilled dishes tonight it’s on our plates with spicy bratwurst hot off the grill
I’m so glad to hear you like it so much!
Sammy Sohl says
Sooooo good! Great flavor from the sugar/spice/butter mixture but you still taste the sweet potato too. Also, super easy to make! So excited to try some of your other recipes!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them, Sammy! Thank you for taking the time to come back and let me know!
Jenny says
I made these for Thanksgiving last week and they were perfect and so delicious! I left out the cayenne and mixed everything in bowl to get it all uniformly coated rather than trying to toss it together on the tray. Everyone thought they were best sweet potatoes we’d ever had for Thanksgiving. Definitely a keeper! Thank you for the excellent recipe.
I’m so glad you enjoyed them, Jenny!
Barb says
I tried this for the first time today and we loved it, ate it all up, leaving no leftovers. We will defitely make again and double the recipe. 😊😁😋
I’m so glad this was a hit!