Sweet Potatoes, Old Fashioned Candied

By fireandfrost

from the home of Vienna Baganz & Mark Jennings
December 2009
This recipe comes from my mother’s mother in the early 1900s.

Ingredients

• 6 medium sweet potatoes (cooked and peeled)
• 2/3 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup butter

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Oven: 375F
Cut cooked sweet potatoes in 1/2 inch slices.
Place in greased casserole dish.
Top with the brown sugar, salt and dot with butter.

Bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until glazed.


This recipe also works well using raw sweet potatoes and baking 50 minutes or until done.

Variation: add cinnamon