Recipe - Candied Yams

1/3 cup Butter
2/3 cup Brown sugar; packed
6 Mediumsized sweet potatoes;
cooked and peeled, and
cut or sliced up
One half teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup Water
2 Pinches cinnamon

Another recipe from Fannie Flagg's book. Nadia in Texas

In a heavy frying pan or skillet, heat together butter and brown sugar
until melted and blended. Add the cut or sliced up sweet potatoes and turn until
coated in the syrup and brown. Add salt, water, and cinnamon, cover, and
cook slowly until potatoes are tender.

"Sweeter than candy".

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 377 by ncanty@juno.com (Nadia I
Canty) on Dec 17, 1997