Step 1

Preheat oven to 425 degrees

Step 2

Wash the sweet potato thoroughly. Use a vegetable brush if you have to

Step 3

Dry it completely

Step 4

Poke holes in the potato using a fork. I poke the potato in about 5 different locations

Step 5

Lightly oil the sweet potato

Step 6

Using aluminum foil, wrap the potato. Don't wrap it too tightly.

Step 7

Bake for 65 minutes. Turn off the oven and leave the potato in the oven.

Step 8

Remove from the oven and allow it to cool

Step 9

Open the foil and split the sweet potato lengthwise.

Step 10

Using a fork, pull the pulp away from the skin and place the pulp in a bowl

Step 11

You can discard the skin or use it in a loaded sweet potato recipe