This easy recipe for Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes has been a staple at Thanksgiving for me for a long time. These lightly spiced sweet potatoes and roasted pecans make a delicious side dish to any Thanksgiving menu!

If you're looking for more Thanksgiving recipes, be sure to check out some of my other favorites like my 5 Ingredient Turkey Rub, Caramel Apple Pie, or my Brown Sugar Carrot Cupcakes.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

We alway had mashed potatoes growing up, and they were never my favorite. I'd usually skip them over and load up on my grandma's bread instead. But, when I moved back to Mammoth and started having Thanksgiving at Kimmy's house, she really introduced me to sweet potatoes. And she makes the absolute best sweet potato mix with Brussels sprouts, beets, pecans, and cinnamon. It was something new to me over 10 years ago, and now it's a dish I look forward to every year. While I enjoy the Brussels sprouts in there, I usually ignore the beets as they are not one of my favorite veggies at all! But, the star is really the sweet potatoes.

So, I have been making a copy cat version of her Cinnamon Sweet Potato recipe for many years now. I wanted to share this amazing Cinnamon Sweet Potato recipe with you guys, incase you haven't had anything like this before; then I would highly recommend you add it to your Thanksgiving table this year! It is such an easy dish to make, and it's also an easy dish to bring if you are going to a friends house. I like to serve mine in my 8-inch Staub dish, and it's easy to bring this dish with you and heat it up as well. You can find my dish here.

How to Roast Sweet Potatoes

1. First, you'll preheat your oven to 400°F, or if it's close (375°F – 425°F even is fine if something else is in there).

2. I always prefer to cook sweet potatoes on a baking sheet with parchment paper. It's probably just because of my commercial baking background, I love parchment paper! But, you can also cook these right on the baking sheet or in a ceramic or glass baking dish as well. Just as long as they are all evenly spread out so they can cook evenly.

3. Make sure to coat the sweet potatoes well, this is what helps them brown. That's why I melt the coconut oil. I also mix in the cinnamon into the coconut oil so it is evenly dispersed, and that way certain sweet potatoes don't have too much!

4. Always make sure to check your sweet potatoes are done before removing from the oven. They should look golden brown and be soft, but not mushy. They also shouldn't be too firm as you want them to be done. This is also why it's important to cut them into the same size, so they all cook evenly. Make sure to test one before pulling them out of the oven. If they seem underdone, then add on a few more minutes and check again.

5. Always salt and pepper your sweet potatoes when they are done baking and not before they bake. Why salt sweet potatoes after baking? Salt will draw out moisture, so if you salt potatoes before it can leave them with a lackluster texture, and they won't crisp up as nicely. So, that's why it is important to leave salt until the very end! The salt adds a really nice balance to these Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes.

6. You can easily reheat this dish if you are serving it for Thanksgiving. You can roast these sweet potatoes earlier and then transfer to a ceramic or glass baking dish, and then just reheat them in the baking dish in the oven.

Why go organic?

You may be wondering why I push organic ingredients for everything, even savory and healthy dishes. Organic ingredients go beyond just health and wellness, and contribute so much to the taste and flavor of a recipe. So, if you think that you're making something healthy and buying fruits, veggies, or meats so maybe you don't need to spend the extra to go organic here – let me sway your thinking.

Organic ingredients are made in a more pure way, therefore using no additives, no GMOs, and minimal ingredients. This really allows the true ingredients to shine – and because of that their flavor shines through. Therefore, organic ingredients are more flavorful than their non organic counterparts. So, just because it's already a healthy recipe, or you're already buying good for you ingredients – it doesn't mean you can skip organic! Trust me here, and make the switch. Your body and your taste buds will thank you!

So, I highly recommend that you buy the best organic ingredients for this recipe! You can also shop my Amazon Storefront for all my favorite organic ingredients here. Tip – hover over each ingredient to see the name. And if you want to learn more about organic foods and the difference, read my post here on Food Labels and What They Mean.