Serves: 5
Total Calories: 469

4 medium-size sweet potatoes
1 cup sugar
dash of salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg
3/4 stick butter
2 slices lemons
1 tablespoon flour
1/4 cup water

Peel and cut potatoes as for thick French fries. Place in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Combine sugar and salt; cover potatoes. Sprinkle with cinnamon or nutmeg. Cover with pieces of butter. Squeeze lemon slices then place slices in with potatoes. Sift flour evenly over potatoes. Add water to mixture so it may be barely seen. Bake in 400° oven for one hour, or until potatoes are done and sugar and butter have made a thick syrup, about the consistency of molasses. Baste potatoes frequently with syrup.


Fun Fact: Despite a physical similarity and a frequent confusion with their names, yams and sweet potatoes are not even distantly related. They are in two different botanical families. Yams are actually related to grasses and lilies.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 5
Total Calories: 469
Calories from Fat: 120

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