Sweet Potatoes With Smoky Orange Butter

Smoked paprika adds easy gourmet flair to the parsley-garlic butter slathered on our sweet potatoes.

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, at room temp.
• 2 Tbs. chopped fresh parsley
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• ½ tsp. grated orange zest
• ½ tsp. smoked paprika
• 4 medium sweet potatoes (about 9 oz. each)

Instructions

1. In bowl, combine butter, parsley, garlic, orange zest, paprika, ¼ tsp. salt and ⅛ tsp. pepper. If not using right away, cover with plastic wrap and chill for up to 1 week. Let butter soften at room temp. before using.
2. Heat oven to 400°F. Line baking sheet with foil. Place potatoes on baking sheet. Roast until tender when pierced with fork, 50 min.-1 hr.
3. Let cool slightly. Cut a slit into tops of potatoes. Fluff with fork. Serve with butter.