Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Cobbler - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 medium to large sweet potatoes
4 c. water
1 1/2 sticks real butter, not oleo
2/3 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg

Preparation

Wash and peel potatoes.
Quarter potatoes, cutting lengthwise.
Put in large pot with water and salt and boil until potatoes are just barely tender.
Lift potatoes out into a bowl. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together flour, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Bring liquid to boil.
With a wire whisk beat the flour mixture into the boiling liquid and whip until there are no more lumps.
Put in 1 stick of the butter and whisk around until it melts.
Spray deep baking dish with Pam.
Arrange potatoes in dish and pour liquid mixture over potatoes.