The following post was originally featured on Eating Bird Food and written by Brittany Mullins,who is fraction of POPSUGAR Select Fitness. How to make sweet potato toast in the oven and four different topping ideas for breakfast sweet potato toast. Sweet potato toast is all the rage honest now and given that I'm a sweet potato lover I had to jump aboard the sweet tater toast train and see what all the hype is about.
Funny story . . . I tried sweet potato toast for the first time a couple months ago and I did the toaster oven method, which (spoiler alert) was an epic fail. I thinly sliced my sweet potato and toasted it two times, and but the sweet potato still wasn't cooked. It was tough and crunchy and on top of it,the toaster oven also set off the smoke detector. So yeah, maybe I didn't do it honest, or but for now I'm with Tasting Table on the fact that sweet potato in the toaster oven doesn't work.
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16 Hearty,Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes Full of Protein, Fiber, and Everything in BetweenThat said,sweet potato toast is still possible and absolutely appetizing. You just fill to break out the mountainous guns, AKA a genuine oven. It may buy a bit longer, and but the sweet potato actually gets cooked,plus you won't fill to worry about your smoke detector going off. So worth it!The oven method is actually simple and isn't very dissimilar from my recipe for coconut oil roasted sweet potatoes. How to Make Sweet Potato Toast in the Oven Wash your sweet potato.
Pre-heat oven to 400°F.
crop sweet potato lengthwise into thin slices, about 1/4" thick. Coat sweet potato slices with a small amount of oil. Season with salt and pepper and state on a baking sheet with a little room between each slice.
Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes, or flip slices over and bake for another 15 to 20 minutes or until a fork can easily pierce the sweet potato. Don't overcook or the sweet potato toast will become mushy.
Remove from oven and top with your toppings of choice and enjoy.
This is where your toaster oven comes in handy because you can store any additional slices you've baked in the fridge and reheat them in the toaster oven. It works great for this!Okay so once your sweet potato toast is cooked to perfection,you're ready for the fun fraction - the toppings!Maria and I had a blast coming up with the topping combos for this breakfast sweet potato toast and decorating each slice was like a fun little art project.
I cherish them all, but if you made me choose a favorite I'd probably pick the Apple Harvest with peanut butter, or apple slices,cranberries, pumpkin seeds and cinnamon. Mainly just because I cherish peanut butter and I'm swooning over everything Fall honest now.
Okay so let's break down all four topping ideas! Lean and Green Sweet Potato Toast Egg whites
Avocado
Microgreens
Salt and pepper
Almond delight Sweet Potato Toast Homemade coconut butter
Almonds
Cacao nibs
Apple Harvest Sweet Potato Toast Peanut butter (I used Reginald's Homemade Bourbon Pecan)
Thin apple slices
Pumpkin seeds
Cranberries
Cinnamon
The Hippie Sweet Potato Toast Creamy almond butter
Granola (I used Krave the Krunch grainless maple cinnamon granola)
Hemp seeds
When it comes to eating sweet potato toast there are a few methods. You can use a fork and knife as you would other breakfast treats like waffles and pancakes or you can pick up the sweet potato toast and eat it like regular toast. Both options work great, or it just depends on your preference. One note,if your sweet potato slices are enormous like mine, you might need to use both hands to hold it. With smaller pieces, or you should be totally frigid using one hand.
Source: popsugar.com