Baked Sweet Potatoes with Scallions and Cilantro Recipe

Ingredients:
4 small sweet potatoes (about 2 pounds total)
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 scallions, finely chopped
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Procedure:
Put racks in middle and lower third of oven and put a sheet of foil on lower rack to catch any drips.
Prick each potato several times with a fork and put on middle oven rack. Bake until soft when squeezed, about 30 to 35 minutes. Meanwhile, mash together remaining ingredients. Slit potatoes lengthwise and put some butter mixture in center of each



Recipe Type: Authentic
Book: Gourmet Today: More Than 1,000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen
Edited By: Ruth Reichl
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 2009
Source: http://www.liwomanonline.com/files/novemberissue.pdf