Cookbook:Strong Candied Sweet Potatoes

| Southern U.S. Cuisine

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

Procedure

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