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To Bake Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes baked in an oven covered with a damp cloth.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Bake Sweet Potatoes

To Bake Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C).

  2. Wash the sweet potatoes and place them in a pan.

  3. Cover the pan with a damp cloth folded in quarters.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in the corner of the oven for 15 to 20 minutes.

  2. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before peeling.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Sweet potatoes
Starchy flesh that cooks soft and turns sweet as it bakes.
Damp cloth
Holds moisture around the potatoes so they steam while baking.

The step that matters

Let cool slightly before peeling. Sweet potato skin is easier to remove once the flesh has set a little, while it is still hot enough to be tender. Peeling immediately can burn fingers and tear the soft flesh.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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