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Sweet potato toast with banana requires only three simple ingredients to make and only 25 minutes of hands-on time to prepare! It makes a great snack or tasty gluten-free option for bananas and toast.
When it comes to an easy breakfast, toast has always been a popular option! But if you’re gluten-free or simply looking to reduce the amount of gluten in your morning meal, how can you enjoy a simple breakfast? The answer is simple – cooking sweet potatoes for toast!
Combine it with other simple breakfast favorites such as blueberry overnight oats, banana beet smoothie, or this banana parfait for a hearty breakfast to keep you satisfied until lunch.
Why This Recipe Works
- This is the perfect toast option if you are on a gluten-free diet.
- A tasty way to change up breakfast time!
- Only three simple ingredients!
- Easy to change it up to make it the way you like your toast!
- Perfect to make ahead of time for easy breakfasts during the week.
What Goes Into This Recipe
All you need are three simple ingredients to make gluten-free toast with sweet potatoes.
- Sweet potato: For a moist and tender sweet potato choose the orange-skinned variety. These are sometimes called yams but aren’t really yams. They have bright orange flesh and cook up deliciously sweet and are perfect for toast.
- Banana and cinnamon: A simple fruit and spice combination to use for topping your toasts.
Variations
There are lots of sweet and savory sweet potato toast toppings to explore! Here are some favorites.
- Avocado: Mash up an avocado on top and sprinkle with a bit of tajin or everything bagel seasoning.
- Hummus: Use your favorite classic hummus or try something a bit different like this yellow lentil hummus.
- Nut or seed butter: Along with some crunchy nuts or fresh fruit is a winning combination.
- PBJ: Need I say more? Use your favorite peanut butter and any flavor of jam on top of the cooked sweet potato.
- Guacamole and salsa: Skip the cinnamon and banana and go for a slightly spicy version.
- Refried beans: And follow it up with some pico de gallo.
How To Make Sweet Potato Toast in Oven
Here’s an overview of how to turn your sweet potatoes into toast. Check the recipe card for more details.
- 1) Cut the sweet potato in half lengthwise. Thinly slice using a sharp knife with slices about ¼ inch thick.
- 2) Place the sweet potato slices on a baking tray and bake for 20 minutes or until soft.
- 3) Mash the banana in a small bowl.
- 4) Top the cooked sweet potato with mashed banana and sprinkle on a pinch of cinnamon.
Expert Tips and FAQs
- Cut the sweet potato into even slices so they all cook in the same amount of time.
- Skip the banana and cinnamon for one of the other savory options.
- Use orange sweet potatoes for a sweeter flavor.
Yes, you certainly can! I get it – slicing a sweet potato lengthwise might make it look more like toast but it’s difficult to manage. If you opt for rounds instead just make sure you still slice them in quarter-inch thick slices.
Yes, you can! Feel free to double or even triple this recipe to make more pieces. Cook them as directed in the recipe and then cool them completely. Store them in an airtight container for up to five days.
When you’re ready to eat, simply take out the amount you want to eat and heat them in the oven at 350° F until heated through about 5-8 minutes.
More Sweet Potato Recipes
Photos by Alfonso Revilla
Easy Sweet Potato Toast
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ of a yam
- 1 banana
- A pinch of cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Cut yam in half lengthwise. Thinly slice using a sharp knife with slices about ¼ inch thick.
- Place yam slices on a baking tray and bake for 20 minutes or until soft.
- While the yam is baking, mash the banana in a small bowl.
- When the yam is finished baking, top with mashed banana and sprinkle on a pinch of cinnamon.
Notes
- Cut the sweet potato into even slices so they all cook in the same amount of time.
- Skip the banana and cinnamon for one of the other savory options.
- Use orange sweet potatoes for a sweeter flavor.
Nutrition
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This is interesting, I bet it tastes like a very nice dessert 😍
Can the sweet potatoes be cooked or reheated in the air fryer? How does the time/temp to cook change?
That should work! We from plant-based on a budget haven’t tried that out yet so you might have to tinker with the temp and time settings! Please let us know how it turns out 🙂
super fast, super simple, super tasty. I used an air fryer, lots of cinnamon and added some chopped walnuts on top.
Love that you used the air fryer for this toast! The walnut addition sounds amazing!
This sweet potato toast is so good! Sweet potato, bananas and cinnamon are my favorite and this recipes uses all of them!
Right?! It’s the most epic combo!
Such a favorite! I usually use peanut butter, but I never thought of using smashed banana. Definitely a healthy and yummy addition.
Peanut butter sounds amazing!
Sweet potato toast is one of my favorite easy breakfasts! Sometimes I add peanut butter too 🙂
Ooo love that peanut butter addition!
Perfect nutritious and quick brekkie!
Nothing like a sweet breakfast treat to start the day with!
this sounds so interesting but it totally works and its like a dessert pretty much to me!
It’s definitely a sweet treat!
Sounds interesting! Will definitely give it a try!
Let us know what you think 🙂
Such a delicious breakfast idea!