Candied Yams - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 sweet potatoes
1 c. white sugar
1/4 c. water
1 tsp. butter

Preparation

Parboil and
cut potatoes in quarter-inch slices.
Cook the other ingredients
to
form
syrup.
Place\tthe
slices of potatoes in the syrup and simmer gently for one hour, then let syrup boil away slightly.