Baked Sweet Potato Fries with Cinnamon and Paprika
I've made these several times now and they are so good! I make them to go with hamburgers, hot dogs or patty melts.
- 1 sweet potato per person, peeled and sliced into 1/2" strips
- olive oil
- salt
- paprika
- cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 425 F.
I can't give measurements. I just sort of go by color. Peel and slice the sweet potatoes into strips. The easiest way to slice them after they're peeled is to put the potato length-wise in front of you and slice off a 1/2" strip. Set it aside, then slice the rest of the potato into 1/2" slices. Remove the last one, which will be much smaller than the rest, and stack up all the others, then slice again to create to 1/2" strips. Slice the end pieces separately.
NOTE: If you buy the sweet potatoes already sliced like I've seen at Costco and I'm sure are available elsewhere, I think this flavoring would work great, but really slicing your own is much cheaper!
Put the sweet potato strips into a bowl and pour enough olive oil in and toss to coat each piece. You don't want too much or they get mushy, trust me. Sprinkle with salt, paprika and cinnamon and toss periodically while you're sprinkling so everythign is fairly evenly coated.
Turn onto a jelly roll pan, a pan with just a small lip. Bake for 30-40 minutes, turning once or twice.
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