Raymond Sokolov

Candied Sweet Potatoes

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8 to 10

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Canon of Vegetables
A Canon of Vegetables

By Raymond Sokolov

Published 2007

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Ingredients

  • 8 sweet potatoes
  • Butter for greasing a 12-cup baking dish
  • ⅓ to ½ cup<

Method

  1. Bring 4 quarts of water to a boil in a large pot. Put in the sweet potatoes and simmer until just soft enough so that a fork will penetrate them without serious effort. Drain, cool under running water, peel, and cut into ½-