Sweet Potato Toast 4-Ways

No bread? No problem! Here’s how to make sweet potato toast using roasted sweet potato slices, plus four delicious topping ideas.

Sweet potato toast is all the rage right now and given that I’m a sweet potato lover I had to jump aboard the sweet tater toast train and see what all the hype is about.

Sweet Potato Toast (In the Oven)

Funny story… I tried sweet potato toast for the first time a couple months ago and I did the toaster oven method, which (spoiler alert) was an epic fail. I thinly sliced my sweet potato and toasted it two times, but the sweet potato still wasn’t cooked. It was hard and crunchy and on top of it, the toaster oven also set off the smoke detector. So yeah, maybe I didn’t do it right, but for now I’m with Tasting Table on the fact that sweet potato in the toaster oven doesn’t work.

That said, sweet potato toast is still possible and absolutely delicious. You just have to break out the big guns, AKA a real oven. It may take a bit longer, but the sweet potato actually gets cooked, plus you won’t have to worry about your smoke detector going off. So worth it!

The oven method is actually simple and isn’t very dissimilar from my recipe for roasted sweet potatoes.

How to Make Sweet Potato Toast

1. Wash your sweet potato.
2. Pre-heat oven to 400°.
3. Cut sweet potato lengthwise into thin slices, about 1/4″ thick. <— This is important.
4. Coat sweet potato slices with a small amount of oil. Season with salt and pepper and place on a baking sheet with a little room between each slice.
5. Bake for about 15-20 minutes, flip slices over and bake for another 15-20 minutes or until a fork can easily pierce the sweet potato. Don’t overcook or the sweet potato toast will become mushy.
6. Remove from oven and top with your toppings of choice and enjoy.

This is where your toaster oven comes in handy because you can store any extra slices you’ve baked in the fridge and reheat them in the toaster oven. It works great for this!

Okay so once your sweet potato toast is cooked to perfection, you’re ready for the fun part — the toppings!

Maria and I had a blast coming up with the topping combos for this breakfast sweet potato toast and decorating each slice was like a fun little art project.

I love them all, but if you made me choose a favorite I’d probably pick the Apple Harvest with peanut butter, apple slices, cranberries, pumpkin seeds and cinnamon. Mainly just because I love peanut butter and I’m swooning over everything fall right now.

Okay so let’s break down all four topping ideas!

Lean and Green Sweet Potato Toast

• egg whites
• avocado
• microgreens
• salt + pepper

Almond Joy Sweet Potato Toast

• homemade coconut butter
• almonds
• cacao nibs

Apple Harvest Sweet Potato Toast

• peanut butter (I used Reginald’s Homemade Bourbon Pecan)
• thin apple slices
• pumpkin seeds
• cranberries
• cinnamon

The Hippie Sweet Potato Toast

• creamy almond butter
• granola (I used Krave the Krunch grainless maple cinnamon granola)
• hemp seeds

How to Serve + Eat Sweet Potato Toast

When it comes to eating sweet potato toast there are a few methods. You can use a fork and knife as you would other breakfast treats like waffles and pancakes or you can pick up the sweet potato toast and eat it like regular toast. Both options work great, it just depends on your preference. One note, if your sweet potato slices are huge like mine, you might need to use both hands to hold it. With smaller pieces, you should be totally cool using one hand.

More Sweet Potato Recipes

• Perfect Baked Sweet Potatoes
• Black Bean Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
• Roasted Sweet Potato Salad
• Healthy Sweet Potato Pie
• Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole

More Toast Recipes

• Yogurt Toast
• Peanut Butter Breakfast Toast
• Healthy Stuffed French Toast
• Cobb Salad Avocado Toast
• Guacamole Toast

Looking for more inspiration? Check out all of the sweet potato recipes here on EBF.

Sweet Potato Toast

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No bread? No problem! Here's how to make sweet potato toast using roasted sweet potato slices, plus four delicious topping ideas.

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Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 1

Ingredients

• 1 sweet potato

Hippie Sweet Potato Toast

• 1 Tablespoon creamy almond butter
• 1 Tablespoon granola
• 1 teaspoon hemp seeds

Apple Harvest Sweet Potato Toast

• 1 Tablespoon peanut butter
• 5-6 thin apple slices
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin seeds
• 1 teaspoon dried cranberries
• sprinkle cinnamon

Almond Joy Sweet Potato Toast

• 1 Tablespoon coconut butter
• 1 Tablespoon almonds
• 1 teaspoon cacao nibs

Lean and Green Sweet Potato Toast

• 1 cooked egg white
• ¼ avocado, sliced
• 1 Tablespoon microgreens
• salt + pepper, to taste

Instructions

 

• Pre-heat oven to 400°F. Wash and dry your sweet potato.
• Cut sweet potato lengthwise into thin slices, about 1/4″ thick. This is important.
• Coat sweet potato slices with a small amount of oil. Season with salt and pepper and place on a baking sheet with a little room between each slice.
• Bake for about 15-20 minutes, flip slices over and bake for another 15-20 minutes or until a fork can easily pierce the sweet potato. Don’t overcook or the sweet potato toast will become mushy.
• Remove from oven and top with your toppings of choice (see ideas above) and enjoy.

Author: Brittany Mullins

Course: Breakast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: sweet potato toast

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