Sweet Potato American-Style Fries

Heaven, thy name is sweet potato fries….

After seeing Kath eat sweet potato fries again and again, I decided it was time to find out how those little guys tasted.  I am a huge sweet potato fan and typically enjoy mine just baked with a little Healthy Balance butter & salt.  I followed her basic recipe and the result was heavenly.  Some got a bit charred around the edges and tasted more like a chip.  Most were softer and reminded me of American-style fries.

At least, that’s what we called the round thin slices of potatoes fried in oil and wet with butter growing up.  They were softer than regular fries and you ate them with a fork.  They were so unhealthy, but so satisfying…

And now, at long last, I have found a very healthy alternative with a mere fraction of the calories.  Plus, these just couldn’t be any simpler.

Enjoy!

Sweet Potato American-Style Fries

Ingredients -

• Sweet Potatoes (I used one large potato and it just about filled a large baking sheet)
• Cooking spray (Pam or the like)
• Salt and spices of choice.  (I used salt, cinnamon, & chili pepper….I highly recommend it!)

Directions -

1 - Preheat over to 400 degrees.

2 – Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.

3 - Cut a sweet potato into thin discs.  Thinner disc cook faster and allow the edges to brown and curl up (a good thing.)

4 - Spread potato discs onto baking sheet and spray top of potatoes with cooking spray.  (You don’t have to use a lot here, just enough to lightly coat them so the salt & spices will stick.)

5 – Sprinkle with salt and desired spices.  Bake 20-25 minutes or until they begin to brown around the edges.

Prepped and ready to go into the oven.

The finished product.  They were eaten in about 1.3 minutes.  So good!