Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 6 large sweet potatoes
- ½ cup butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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Instructions
- Gather all ingredients.
- Peel and cut sweet potatoes into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
- Melt butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Add potatoes.
- Mix sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a bowl; pour over potatoes and stir until well-combined.
- Cover the skillet, reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are "candied" and tender, about 1 hour. The sauce will darken as it cooks.
- Stir in vanilla just before serving. Serve hot.
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