"Candied" Sweet Potatoes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. dried apricots
1/2 c. dark raisins
1 c. unsweetened apple juice
4 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed and trimmed
1 Tbsp. tapioca
1 to 2 Tbsp. brandy (optional)
1 c. unsweetened applesauce

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Wash apricots and soak with raisins in apple juice for 1 hour.
Steam sweet potatoes until tender.
In a small saucepan, combine tapioca with apricots, raisins and juice. Let mixture stand for 5 minutes.
Bring to boil over medium heat; stir often.
Remove from heat.
Add brandy (optional) and cool for 20 minutes.
Cut cooked sweet potatoes into 1/2-inch slices.
Mix with applesauce.
Place this mixture in a 1 1/2-quart dish.
Pour the apricot-raisin sauce over the top.
Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
Makes 6 servings.