CANDIED SWEET POTATOES

By stepjo7269

MS Farmer's Market Cookbook p. 183
Betty Voorheis; Tomball, TX

Ingredients

• Directions:
• 8 small sweet potatoes
• sugar
• 1/2 c. water
• 1/2 c. light Karo syrup
• 1/2 stick butter
• pinch salt
• ●Preheat oven to 350 F.
• ●Peel and cut sweet potatoes in half lengthwise. Boil potatoes until they begin to soften; remove from water and set aside.
• ●Sprinkle the bottom of a shallow baking dish with sugar. Pour water over sugar.
• ●Roll each potato in sugar water; place in dish. Pour Karo over potatoes and place a slice of butter on each potato. Sprinkle a pinch of salt over dish.

Preparation

Step 1

●Bake for 1 hour, basting potatoes as needed. Add more water if needed.