CANDIED SWEET POTATOES

 

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6 large sweet potatoes (about 4 lbs.) 

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1 lemon, unpeeled

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1 orange, unpeeled

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3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted 

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2 cups sugar 

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1/2 cup orange juice

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2 teaspoon cinnamon

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1 teaspoon vanilla
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Peel potatoes.  

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Cut potatoes, lemon, & orange into 1/4" thick slices.

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Place potato slices in a lightly greased 9x13" baking dish; arrange lemon & orange slices over potatoes. 

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Combine melted butter & remaining 4 ingredients; pour over potato mixture. 

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Cover & let stand 1 hour.

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Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 1  1/2 hr or until potatoes are tender, basting often with pan juices. 
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Serve with a slotted spoon.

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Yield: 10 servings

 

From the kitchen of:  Gloria Early - Kinston AL, Earlytown Church of Christ

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