Recipe and source notes

Real Candied Sweet Potatoes

8 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 3 Sweet Potatoes, peeled and quartered
  • 4 tablespoons Butter
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • Juice of 1/2 Fresh Orang Orange Juice
  • 1 cup Water
  • Dash Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
  • Dash of Yellow Food Coloring

Make it step by step

  1. Combine butter, sugar, orange juice, water and salt in sauce pan. Stir and bring to a boil. Add sweet potatoes and food coloring; lower heat but continue to keep syrup to a minimum boil. Cook until potatoes are tender. Add vanilla. Serve.

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Adapted from Foodista by Sena Wilson, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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