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Grandma Evelyn’s Sweet Potatoes Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Sweet potatoes
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup water
Pinch of salt
Directions:
Directions:
Cook the sweet potatoes. You can either bake them or boil them in water on top of the stove. Once cooked, peel them and cut them into large chunks. Put the chunks into a baking dish.
While the potatoes are cooking, combine the brown sugar, butter, water and salt and bring to a boil for about 10 minutes on the top of the stove. Boil until this mixture is slightly thickened.
Pour the brown sugar mixture over the chunked sweet potatoes in the baking dish and bake for 40 minutes in a 350° oven basting occasionally.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Varies depending on number of sweet potatoes
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
20 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Grandma Evelyn always made her sweet potatoes this way and our family loves them this way,! She was always responsible for bringing them to our holiday meals.

 

 

 

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