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Baked Sweet Potatoes

From Original White House Cookbook, 1887

Serves 6

Hubbard squash can be cooked similarly.

Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 125. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BAKED SWEET POTATOES. Wash and scrape them, split them lengthwise. Steam or boil them until nearly done. Drain, and put them in a baking dish, placing over them lumps of butter, pepper and salt; sprinkle thickly with sugar

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