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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 11 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Ingredients:
3 -4 large sweet potatoes |
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon |
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
1/4 teaspoon allspice |
1/4 teaspoon ginger |
1/4 teaspoon clove |
1 cup water |
1 -2 cinnamon stick |
1/4-1/2 cup cup butter or 1/4-1/2 cup cup margarine |
1/2 cup karo syrup |
1/2 cup brown sugar |
1 pinch salt |
Directions:
1. While grating sweet potatoes, bring to a slow boil all the spices in 1 cup of water.
2. Put the sweet potatoes into a large mixing bowl.
3. Just before removing the pot of spices from the stove, add butter or margarine, Karo syrup, brown sugar, and salt.
4. Stir while the butter melts.
5. Remove the cinnamon sticks.
6. Pour this mixture over the grated sweet potatoes.
7. Blend well together.
8. Put in a well-buttered casserole dish and place in a preheated 350 degrees oven.
9. Bake, stirring well two or three times, until the sweet potatoes are tender and the top is lightly browned.
10. This takes about 1 hour.
11. Remove from the oven and let stand about 5 minutes before serving.
12. When stirring you may decide extra spices are needed or more water so mix up more water and spice and add them.
13. You may add more Karo syrup or butter as well as spices.
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