Sugared Potatoes

Ingredients

• the potatoes
• bits of butter
• sugar
• a teacupful of water

Method

1. 1

   Boil the potatoes.

2. 2

   Peel and slice them rather thick.

3. 3

   In the bottom of a baking dish put bits of butter, sprinkle sugar and put a layer of potato; then more butter, sugar and potato, until the pan is full.

4. 4

   Let the top be strewed with sugar and bits of butter and pour over it a teacupful of water.

5. 5

   Put it in the oven, and after it begins to cook, once or twice moisten the top with a little butter and water to dissolve the sugar and prevent its drying on top of the potato.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Annie Dennis cook book (1905) by Annie E. Dennis, page 112. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sugared Potatoes Boil the potatoes. Peel and slice them rather thick. In the bottom of a baking dish put bits of butter, sprinkle sugar and put a layer of potato; then more butter, sugar and potato, until the pan is full. Let the top be strewed with sugar and bits of butter and pour over it a teacupful of water

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