Candied Sweet Potatoes
photo by mersaydees
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
1 baking dish
- Serves:
- 6-10
ingredients
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 4 sweet potatoes, boiled & peeled
directions
- Boil sweet potatoes in skins for 15 minutes, rinse with cool water and remove skins.
- Mix brown sugar and water in sauce pan, and boil together for 5-minutes, stirring frequently forming a syrup.
- Add butter and stir until dissolved. Add salt and remove from heat.
- Cut sweet potatoes in quarters lengthwise with cut side down in a.
- greased 9"x12" baking dish.
- Poor syrup mixture over the sweet potatoes, cover them and bake at a 350° F oven for 60-minutes.
- Baste sweet potatoes with syrup in the pan.
- Turn them over every 10-minutes.
- Remove from oven.
- Optional: serve with or without butter.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AcadiaTwo
Cedar Brook, New Jersey
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