Retro Rose's Legendary Stove Top Candied Sweet Potatoes
My Mom's Legendary Candied Sweet Potatoes with brown sugar, butter, orange and cinnamon.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter
- 2 cups brown sugar see notes
- 8 sweet potatoes peeled
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 or 2 cinnamon sticks order here
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- black pepper
- 1 large naval orange cut into 4 pieces
Instructions
- Cut sweet potatoes across into 1/2 discs.
- In a dutch oven (large enough to fit all sweet potatoes), melt the butter with brown sugar. Add cinnamon, ground cloves.
- Add in sweet potatoes.
- Squeeze oranges over potatoes. Put orange skins in pot.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Add in cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, and apple juice, (can add water or orange juice). You will need to judge how necessary adding liquid is.
- Cover and cook on low heat for about an hour, stirring every ten minutes or so.
Notes
substitute 1/4 cup brown sugar with 2 tablespoons maple syrup