Baked, Candied Sweet Potatoes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 to 6 medium size sweet potatoes
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 stick margarine or butter
water
ginger

Preparation

Bake sweet potatoes about 1 hour at 400\u00b0 in oven.
Peel the potatoes.
To candy them, slice potatoes and put a layer of them on the bottom of the dish.
Sprinkle white or brown sugar (or both) over potatoes.
Put pats of butter on top.
Repeat the layers.
Use 1 to 1 1/2 cups of sugar and about 1 stick margarine or butter for a long, narrow baking dish.
Sprinkle a little ginger on the very top.
Sprinkle water over mixture, making sure all sugar is dampened.
Have the water come up to about 1/2 the thickness of the potatoes.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for about 1 hour.
Makes sure they cook through.