Southern Candied Sweet Potato Recipe

• 6 large Sweet Potatoes
• 250 g Butter
• 600 g White Sugar
• 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
• 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
• Salt, to taste

• Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into slices.
• Melt the butter or margarine in a heavy skillet and add the sliced sweet potatoes.
• Mix the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
• Cover the sweet potatoes with sugar mixture and stir. Cover skillet, reduce heat to low and cook for about 1 hour or until potatoes are "candied".
• NOTE: The potatoes should be tender but a little hard around the edges. Also, the sauce will turn dark; you will need to stir occasionally during the cooking.
• Stir in the vanilla just before serving. Serve hot.