Magic Beef Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 to 3 lb. stew beef
3 large potatoes
1 large onion
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 c. tapioca
1 c. water
6 carrots
5 stalks celery
2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. sugar
2 c. tomato juice

Preparation

Clean and cut up vegetables.
In large Dutch oven, layer first 5 ingredients.
Combine salt, pepper, sugar and tapioca; sprinkle over vegetables.
Combine tomato juice and water; pour over all. Cover and bake at 275\u00b0 for 4 hours.