Candied Yams - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 medium-size yams (sweet potatoes)
1 c. sugar
dash of salt
1 tsp. cinnamon or nutmeg
3/4 stick butter
2 slices lemon
1 Tbsp. flour
1/4 c. water

Preparation

Peel and cut potatoes as for thick French fries.
Place in 8 x 12 x 2-inch baking dish.
Cover with sugar and salt and sprinkle cinnamon or nutmeg over the sugar.
Cover with pieces of butter. Twist slices of lemon over and place peel in with potatoes.
Sift flour evenly over potatoes.
Add water to mixture so that it can barely be seen.
Bake in 400\u00b0 oven for 1 hour or until potatoes are done and butter and sugar have made a thick syrup about the consistency of molasses, basting potatoes frequently with syrup.