Strong Candied Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 5 large sweet potatoes
- 2¼ cups brown sugar
- 5 cloves
- Zest of 1 orange
- 2 cups water
- ½ cup brandy
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 stick cinnamon
Ingredients for 10 servings (1.9 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Slice the sweet potatoes and lay in a deep baking pan with the cinnamon stick.
- 2
Mix the liquids, zest, cloves, brown sugar and nutmeg together in a pot; bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.
Stovetop - 3
Pour liquid mixture over the dish's contents.
- 4
Cover with foil and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until sweet potatoes appear to be tender and glazed.
Oven - 5
Chill for 3 hours, and serve cold.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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