Herbed Baked Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

• Freshly ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon coarse salt
• 2 tablespoons plain dry bread crumbs
• 4 medium sweet potatoes
• 16 small bay leaves
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted

Heat oven to 375° F. Peel the potatoes to within 1 inch of ends. Place a potato on the counter and put the handle of a wooden spoon along the far side of it. (The spoon handle will stop the knife from slicing all the way through the potato.) Cut the potato crosswise every 1/4 inch, leaving about ...

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