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Charred Sweet Potatoes With Hot Honey Butter and Lime

4.6

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Top view of charred sweet potatoes topped with hot honey butter pumpkin seeds and lime slices.
Photo by Marcus Nilsson, Prop Styling by Kalen Kaminski, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich

When you mix hot sauce with butter, it turns into a spicy, creamy spread that’s perfect for melting atop burnished sweet potato halves, bringing them to life.  

  

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