How to make the best sweet potato fries

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- Preheat oven to 400F

- Get a big baking sheet and line with foil, dull side up

- Place baking sheet in oven while preheating

- Peel sweet potato and slice into 1/4in fries (try to get them all about the same size)

- Place in a large bowl and toss with vegetable oil and season generously with salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika

- Take hot baking sheet out of the oven (with an oven mitt!)

- Place sweet potato fries on hot baking sheet, making sure none are touching

- Bake for 10 minutes

- Take hot baking sheet out (with an oven mitt!) and rotate pan 180 degrees

- Flip fries and make sure none are touching again

- Put hot baking sheet back in oven (with an oven mitt!) for another 8-9 minutes

- Poke fries with a fork and look at the color to check for doneness

- Turn off oven and open up the oven door, letting the fries sit in the oven while you finish preparing the rest of dinner/setting the table (not an important step, but nice if you are able to do this)

- Serve with ketchup!