Oven Roasted Honey-Glazed Sweet Potatoes

By Addie

"Simple yet so delicious, this one of my family's favorite sweet potato dishes and I have made this many times for the holidays and always receive rave reviews! --- If you double the recipe bake in a large roasting pan or use two 13x9 baking dishes, when I am making these for company, I use a large foil pan and just throw the pan away after, saves cleaning :)" (By Kittencalskitchen)

Ingredients

• 3-3 1/2 lbs sweet potatoes, cut into about 2-inch pieces
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• Salt ( to taste)
• Fresh ground pepper ( to taste)

Preparation

Step 1

Set oven to 350 degrees.

Pat all the potato cubes thoroughly dry using paper towels. Arrange the sweet potato cubes (if possible in a single layer) in a lightly-buttered 13 x 9-inch dish.

In a small saucepan or the microwave stir together butter, honey and lemon juice until butter melts. Pour butter mixture over the sweet potatoes; toss well to coat. Sprinkle with salt and lots of black pepper.

Bake uncovered until just fork-tender stirring and turning with a spatula or wooden spoon (about 40 minutes, might take shorter or longer time depending on the size of sweet potato pieces, try not overbake the sweet potatoes or they will be too soft).
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REVIEWS:

Made this for Thanksgiving dinner, simple and nice flavor. Will make this one again. Didn't want anything with that over the top sweetness and this was great. Thanks!

We made these for turkey day! Very good!! I did make a few changes - I cut the butter in half (still were buttery enough!), and added a Tbsp of brown sugar, and a Tsp or so of cinnamon.

After making these tonight, I will definitely make them again, but with a couple changes. I really think the butter needs to be cut in half. My batch was very greasy, yummy but greasy. I also added cinnamon to mine, and it is very important to salt them well. Very good recipe.

I made this on 11/21/08 to go with some fish that my SO cooked for our dinner.Since there were just the two of us, the recipe was cut in half.After baking I tasted a couple of the potatoes and decided to sprinkle a little cinnamon sugar over them.( After all what's sweet potatoes without a little bit of cinnamon ;) )Thank you for a new way for me to make sweet potatoes.

These were a very tasty and simple side dish for a weeknight company dinner. (I love that you can cut the potatoes early, toss with the yummy glaze and mostly forget about them while you are making dinner.) I served them with Steak Diane #19464 and simply sauteed fresh spinach. Really great recipe - thank you!

These were fantastic!! Super easy to make and excellent tasting, thank you for sharing!! Will definitely make again!

These were wonderful roasted potatoes, so quick and easy to make. We enjoyed them very much. The flavor was absolutely outstanding, not too sweet, with a hint of citrus...I used buckwheat honey, which worked well in this dish. Thanks for posting this great dish.

These were fantastic! I was a little worried about not peeling the sweet potatoes first, but they were just fine! I think if I were to make them again I'd cut back on the butter....probably in half, but other than that I wouldn't change a thing!!! I used two large potatoes, not sure how much they weighed. It was enough to serve 3 adults (2 big men and myself) and we had a little leftover.

I love how quick and easy this recipe was to make! I must admit that I was worried how it would taste because there was more butter than honey, but I was very pleasantly surprised! It was tasty and sweet, without being too sweet. (by the way, if any of this makes it to leftovers, they are divine to nibble on when cold!) I did have to cook the potatoes for about 15 - 20 minutes longer than specified, but they came out beautifully tender. I will make this again for sure. I would just like to play around with the addition of the spices a bit - I like the sweet taste, but felt there could be a little something added. I did use pepper and salt, but it didn't add much. But even so, a very nice dish!

First of all, thanks for the picture. That was a great help to me as I am not always sure how it is supposed to turn out. I really liked this because it is on the healthy side and it had a wonderful taste. will try this again for sure.

Hubby and I loved this! what an easy and tasty way to eat a veggie...I cut the butter in half and added a generous amount of fresh rosemary. I also added some cinnamon, a little brown sugar, and smoky ancho chili powder. Thanks for this wonderful keeper!

A wonderful way to enjoy sweet potoatoes and very easy to make. Our whole family loved it. I'm looking forward to making it again soon

My man grew up eating yams and I had never made them before, but I used this recipe and he couldn't believe how amazing these came out! Wonderful recipe!

I halved the butter but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. Loved the honey and lemon glaze. A simple to make and superbly flavoursome side dish that would complement any meat dish, particularly roasts. I sprinkled the sweet potatoes with finely chopped parsley just before serving. Thank you!

Delicious!!! I might cut down on the amount of butter next time, but other than that, great!