More veggies, please! With a sweet caramelized top and soft warm insides, these Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes will have them coming back for more! This side dish will take the spotlight at your Friendsgiving or Thanksgiving feast!
Turn the Spotlight on Your Side Dish
I’ll be the first to admit, when I was a kid, I didn’t *get* sweet potatoes. Now that I appreciate them for their wonderful texture and rich flavor, though, I can’t imagine a Thanksgiving (or Friendsgiving!) meal without them.
We’re obsessed with sweet potatoes. I definitely prefer them over white potatoes in almost every way. Once you learn how to bake a sweet potato, you’ll be obsessed, too. There’s sweet potato fries, sweet potato hash browns, baked sweet potato soup, sweet potato brownies, really sweet potato anything.
Sweet Potato Dish for Thanksgiving
Simple ingredients and easy instructions make this dish an absolute must! And not just for how incredibly delicious they are. The aesthetic appeal it brings to your table is hard to top. How cute are these? Beautiful burnished orange sweet potatoes and velvety-soft fresh sage leaves–they look like perfect little pumpkins! And they taste like heaven.
Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes Ingredients and Supplies
(see recipe card at the bottom of this post for measurements and details)
Ingredients:
- Sweet potatoes
- Unsalted butter, melted
- Kosher salt
- Pumpkin pie spice
- Maple syrup
- Fresh sage leaves, for garnishing
Supplies
- Rimmed baking sheet
- Nonstick cooking spray
How to Make Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- First, preheat the oven to 425°F and coat a rimmed baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Then scrub the sweet potatoes and dry well. Cut into ½ inch thick slices. Place the sweet potatoes in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the melted butter, salt, pumpkin pie spice and maple syrup. Brush half of the maple-butter mixture over the sweet potatoes.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Flip and brush with the remaining maple butter mixture. Bake for another 20 minutes, until the potatoes are tender and caramelized.
- Finally, to serve, stick a small leaf of fresh sage into the top of each sweet potato to look like a pumpkin.
If you make these Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes for your Friendsgiving or Thanksgiving feast, be sure to snap a picture and share it with me or tag me on Instagram @thebakermama so I can see. 
I love seeing how inspired and creative y’all get with the recipes I share. Have fun and enjoy!
xoxo,
The Friendsgiving Spread
This recipe is part of the Friendsgiving Spread, filled with charming details and inventive and delicious twists on your favorite holiday dishes. From appetizers to the main dish, sides and dessert, everything on the menu is planned carefully so all you have to do it put it together. Or, better yet, make it a potluck affair with your friends, for a meal and a memory you will cherish making together.
Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings
Description
With a sweet caramelized top and soft warm insides, these Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes will have them coming back for more!
Ingredients
- 2 pounds sweet potatoes
- 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 16 fresh sage leaves, for garnishing
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F and coat a rimmed baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
- Scrub the sweet potatoes and dry well. Cut into ½ inch thick slices.
- Place the sweet potatoes in a single layer on the prepared baking sheetl.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the melted butter, salt, pumpkin pie spice and maple syrup. Brush half of the maple butter mixture over the sweet potatoes.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Flip and brush with the remaining maple butter mixture. Bake for another 20 minutes, until the potatoes are tender and caramelized.
- To serve, stick a small leaf of fresh sage into the top of each sweet potato to look like a pumpkin.
