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A crock pot baked sweet potato split open in a bowl.

Crock Pot Baked Sweet Potatoes

Arlene Mobley - Flour On My Face
The best crock pot recipe for tender and fluffy baked sweet potatoes! Enjoy this easy to make dish - add butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon then wrap them in foil, and bake right in your crock pot. The sweet potatoes cook perfect every time and you have freed up the oven for other holiday dishes.
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Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 8 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 5 Servings
Calories 314 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 8 Qt. Slow Cooker

Ingredients  

  • 5 medium sweet potatoes
  • 5 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon (per sweet potato)
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Instructions 

How to wrap the sweet potatoes in foil

  • Place a sheet of aluminum down on a flat surface. Place a pat of butter down on the aluminum. Place a sweet potato on the butter. Place another pat of butter on top of the potato. Sprinkle an ⅛ teaspoon of cinnamon and 2 tablespoons of brown sugar over the sweet potato.
  • Wrap each sweet potato tightly in aluminum foil by folding one short edge of the aluminum up and over the sweet potato. Begin tucking the sides in tightly as you roll the foil around the potato to trap the butter, brown sugar and cinnamon in the aluminum with the sweet potato.

Bake in the crock pot

  • Place the wrapped sweet potatoes seam side up into the crock pot. Place the lid on and cook on high for 3 to 5 hours.
  • Check the sweet potatoes half way through the cooking time by squeezing the center with a pair of tongs. If the potatoes are still firm rotate them in the crock pot moving the lower potatoes to the top of the stack. Recover and slow cook longer.
  • Once done carefully unwrap the foil, place the sweet potato in a bowl or on a plate. Cut down the center and fluff the center of the sweet potato with a fork. Pour the melted butter, brown sugar and cinnamon over the potato with more butter if desired.
  • If not serving immediately turn the crock pot onto the warming setting
  • Makes 5 servings

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Recipe Expert Tips

  • Poke each potato with a fork. This will allow the potato to absorb some of the cinnamon and brown sugar flavors.
  • Use a large enough crock pot so that the sweet potatoes are stacked no higher then 2 high.
  • Make sure you arrange the potatoes so the foil is seam side up. This will allow the melting butter, cinnamon and brown sugar to stay within the aluminum to flavor the sweet potatoes and not leak out.
  • Cooking times will vary. The size of the sweet potatoes, and how many you have in the crock pot will matter. Smaller potatoes will cook faster while larger potatoes will take longer.
  • Need mashed sweet potatoes for another recipe like sweet potato soufflé? Make the sweet potatoes in the crock pot and scoop out the perfectly cooked sweet potatoes instead of boiling them.

Nutrition

Serving: 1ServingCalories: 314kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 4gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 216mgPotassium: 773mgFiber: 7gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 32413IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 78mgIron: 1mg
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