Candied Sweet Potatoes

from Carolyn, 11/26/02:

I make candied sweet potatoes the way my grandmother did.

I par boil the potatoes, cut the legnthwise into long spear like shapes, and coat them with a mixture of molasses and honey, to which about 1T of orange juice concentrate has been added (I don't measure). I put them in the oven, and baste them with more of the molasses mixture as they cook, every 5 or 10 minutes.

When they are tender and quite laquered, I take them out. They will look very dark, and gooey, and they are quite delicious, sweet, but not cloying.

Carolyn