Strong Candied Sweet Potatoes

Name: Strong Candied Sweet Potatoes
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 5 large sweet potatoes; 2¼ cups brown sugar; 5 cloves; Zest of 1 orange; 2 cups water; ½ cup brandy; 1 tsp nutmeg; 1 stick cinnamon

60 min

Ingredients

5 large sweet potatoes
2¼ cups brown sugar
5 cloves
Zest of 1 orange
2 cups water
½ cup brandy
1 tsp nutmeg
1 stick cinnamon

Steps

Slice the sweet potatoes and lay in a deep baking pan with the cinnamon stick.
Mix the liquids, zest, cloves, brown sugar and nutmeg together in a pot; bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.
Pour liquid mixture over the dish's contents.
Cover with foil and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until sweet potatoes appear to be tender and glazed.
Chill for 3 hours, and serve cold.

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Adapted from “Strong Candied Sweet Potatoes” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.