Oven-roasted Spicy-sweet Sweet Potatoes

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 sweet potatoes, peeled, cut in half lengthwise and then cut crosswise into slices 1/2 inch thick
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/3 cup liquid honey
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice (i often use lemon juice)
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f line a roasting pan large enough to contain your potato pieces.
• 2 mix butter, honey, lime juice, chile powder, cumin and cayenne together.
• 3 coat sweet potatoes with butter/honey/spice mixture and season to taste with salt and pepper. empty into prepared roasting pan.
• 4 bake for 25 minutes; give potatoes a stir to redistribute and recoat with liquid.
• 5 bake 20 minutes longer, or until potatoes are tender all the way through when pierced with the tip of a knife.