Cranberry Glazed Sweet Potatoes

6 medium sweet potatoes, cooked and halved or canned sweet potatoes, drained

1 cup whole berry cranberry sauce

1/2 cup water

1/4 cup brown sugar -- firmly packed

1/2 teaspoon orange peel -- grated

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

Arrange sweet potatoes in a shallow, buttered baking dish. Combine cranberry sauce, water, brown sugar and orange peel in a saucepan; mix well, and bring to a boil. Cook gently for 5 minutes. Add butter and pour mixture over sweet potatoes.
Bake at 350° for 30 minutes, basting frequently.


Recipe from "The Sweet Potato Cookbook!" (Vardaman, Mississippi)