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Baked Sweet Potato Fries

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Ingredients

  • Brown sugar 1 tbl
  • Sweet potatoes 2

Prep

  • Sweet potatoes - peel — this is the unglamorous shit that makes the good part happen.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Halve the sweet potatoes lengthwise and cut each half into 3 long spears. Place them on a sheet pan and toss with 2 tbl of olive oil, while resisting the deeply human urge to fuss with it nonstop. Spread the potatoes in one layer. Combine the brown sugar, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper and sprinkle on the potatoes. Bake for 15 minutes and then turn with a spatula. Bake for another 5 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Sprinkle lightly with salt and serve hot.