Candied Sweet Potatoes

Nadia Bigelow
Nadia Bigelow @cook_3672482

First time making it actually, my family loved it!

Candied Sweet Potatoes

First time making it actually, my family loved it!

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Ingredients

  1. 1/4 tspNutmeg
  2. 1/4 tspCinnamon
  3. 1/4 tspBlack pepper
  4. 1/2 cupBrown sugar
  5. 1 cupWhite granulated sugar
  6. 1 tsp1/8 ground ginger
  7. 1/3 cupWater
  8. 3 lbSweet potatoe
  9. 1 cupButter

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat over to 400°F, in the time before over is ready, pierce sweet potatoes with a fork. This prevents the potato from exploding.

  2. 2

    Once oven is preheated place sweet potato into heated oven for 45 minutes. You want to potato to be firm enough to cut, in other words, not mushy.

  3. 3

    After 45 minutes, remove sweet potato, set them to cool...so about 15 minutes.

  4. 4

    When cool enough for you to handle, peel all sweet potatoes and cut into chunks.

  5. 5

    Place pieces into an 8x8 sized pan. Do not place all pieces together, layer the pieces. In between the layers, sprinkler salt.

  6. 6

    Set aside. In a sauce pan, pour water, and both sugars. Boil for about three minutes, sugar should be dissolved. Stirring occasionally

  7. 7

    Then add all spices, followed by the butter, stir until butter melts.

  8. 8

    Once butter melts, pour mixture over sweet potatoes and place in oven

  9. 9

    Bake for 30 minutes, basting the potatoes every-so-often for flavor.

  10. 10

    Enjoy (:

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