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Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Wash and pare six medium-sized potatoes.

Wash and pare six medium-sized potatoes. Cook ten minutes in boiling salted water. Drain, cut in halves lengthwise, and put in a buttered pan. Make a syrup by boiling three minutes one-half cup sugar and four tablespoons water; add one tablespoon butter. Brush potatoes with syrup and bake fifteen minutes, basting twice with remaining syrup.

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Wash and pare six medium-sized potatoes.

  2. 2

    Cook ten minutes in boiling salted water.

  3. 3

    Drain, cut in halves lengthwise, and put in a buttered pan.

  4. 4

    Make a syrup by boiling three minutes one-half cup sugar and four tablespoons water; add one tablespoon butter.

  5. 5

    Brush potatoes with syrup and bake fifteen minutes, basting twice with remaining syrup.

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