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Baked Sweet Potatoes & Hickory Nut Sauce Native American

Here's how you make Baked Sweet Potatoes & Hickory Nut Sauce Native American
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 1d
  • Cook: 2h
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 4.4 ounces hickory nuts (1 cup hickory nuts, could use walnuts or pecans)
  • 8 baking (3 1/2 pounds) sweet potatoes
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar (to taste)
  • 2 cups water (boiling)
  • 2 tablespoons butter (optional, was not in original recipe)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Prepare hickory nuts a day ahead of time as follows: Beat 1 cup nut meat until it forms butter as in peanut butter. (grind in food processor).

  • Step 2: The next day bake 8 sweet potatoes until(almost) done.

  • Step 3: Peel off skins, this is where Im going rogue, cut potatoes into chunks.

  • Step 4: In skillet, add butter and water and sugar; stir, add potatoes to finish cooking if you need to add more sugar, do let cook down until still saucy but tight.

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