Air Fryer Sweet Potatoes With Brown Sugar Cinnamon Butter
You can have baked sweet potatoes in just minutes when you make our Air Fryer Sweet Potatoes. A brown sugar cinnamon butter melts into and flavors tender baked sweet potatoes.
Servings: 4
Calories: 480kcal
Ingredients
- 4 medium sweet potatoes , 2 pounds total weight
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 8 Tablespoons butter , at room temperature
- ¼ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 400F.
- Pierce sweet potatoes several times with the tines of a fork or a knife.
- Rub olive oil on the skins of the sweet potatoes then sprinkle with kosher salt.
- Arrange sweet potatoes in the basket of the air fryer.
- Cook 30 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine butter, brown sugar and cinnamon until blended.
- Serve brown sugar cinnamon butter with the sweet potatoes.
Notes
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Be sure to select sweet potatoes that are all the same size so they take the same amount of time to cook
- Scrub and dry your sweet potatoes before rubbing with olive oil
- Piercing the sweet potatoes before cooking prevents them from exploding!
- Give the potatoes a quick squeeze after 30 minutes to check that they are tender. If not, add 5 minutes at a time, until they are soft and ready.
- Add a pinch of red pepper flakes to the butter for a kick of heat
- Stir chopped cilantro or parsley into the butter
- Add a few drops of vanilla extract to the butter for added flavor
- You can replace the brown sugar in the butter with honey
- You can make the butter with either light brown sugar or dark brown sugar
Nutrition
Calories: 480kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 910mg | Potassium: 789mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 32764IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 91mg | Iron: 2mg