Recipe: Salt Baked Sweet Potatoes with Butter-Honey Spread

Salt Baked Sweet Potatoes with Butter-Honey Spread
Source: Nita Holleman

Preheat Oven to 350 Degrees F.

1 large sweet potato per person
Coating:
bacon drippings, shortening or Butter Spray
2-3 tablespoons kosher salt, per potato
Spread:
softened butter
honey
ground cinnamon

Thoroughly coat skin of potato with bacon drippings, shortening, or spray with Butter Spray. Roll each potato in Kosher salt, forming a heavy salt coating.

Place on a baking pan with at least 1 inch space between potatoes. Bake potatoes at 350 Degrees F for 45 to 60 minutes(until soft).

Whip together butter (3 Tablespoons per potato), honey (1 to 3 Tablespoons per potato -- to taste) and cinnamon (about 1 teaspoon per potato). Tasteand adjust seasoning.

Split potato in half and spread each half with a generous amount of butter mixture. Serve hot.