Sugar Potatoes or Candied Yams Recipe ingredients

• 6 sweet potatoes
• 1 cup white sugar
• ¼ cup water
• 1 teaspoon butter

To prepare this Sugar Potatoes or Candied Yams Recipe, first parboil, peel and cut the potatoes in quarter inch slices. Cook the other ingredients to form a syrup. Place the slices of potato in the syrup and simmer gently for an hour, then let the syrup boil away until it is almost dry. Serve with meats.