Sweet potato slices, cut into a jack-o-lantern shape, baked, dipped in butter and dredged in cinnamon sugar.
Mwah hah hah! (Insert your favorite wicked laugh here.) Do you like cinnamon toast? These jack-o-lantern snacks are the yam Halloween version of cinnamon toast. They start out like baked sweet potato fries, then are dipped in melted butter and dipped in cinnamon sugar. That’s it! Sweet Potatoes, Butter, Cinnamon, Sugar.
Make sure you have plenty of kids to eat them up or you’ll find yourself munching them all (not that that ever happens here, right).
Sweet Potato Jack O’ Lanterns with Cinnamon Sugar
Following these directions, we’ll coat the entire sweet potato round with butter and cinnamon sugar. For a lighter version, simply brush melted butter on one side of the sweet potato slices and dip just that side in cinnamon sugar.
Parents, when making this recipe with children, cutting out the eyes and mouth is difficult and should be done by an adult. Otherwise just skip it.
ingredients
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One 1 1/2 to 2 pound sweet potato, if possible in an even cylindrical shape wide enough for your cookie cutter to cut out patterns
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3 tbsp butter, melted (for dipping)
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6 tablespoons white granulated sugar (for dredging)
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
special equipment
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Pumpkin-shaped cutters (small enough to fit inside a slice of sweet potato)
method
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Peel the sweet potato. Cut into 1/4 inch rounds. Use a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter to cut each round into a pumpkin shape. Use a paring knife to do this careful Cut out eyes and mouths. (This part is a bit challenging, if you find it too difficult just skip it.)
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Place the sliced sweet potato rounds on a baking sheet lined with parchment or silpat. Bake at 230°C (450°F) for 35 minutes (more or less depending on thickness of slice) until lightly browned on both sides and cooked inside. Take out of the oven.
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Melt the butter either on the stovetop or in the microwave and place in a small bowl. Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a separate bowl.
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Dip each round of sweet potatoes in melted butter. Then place the round in the cinnamon sugar to coat the jack-o’-lanterns in cinnamon sugar. Place the circles on a wire rack over a baking sheet to dry.
Enjoy!
