Candy's candied sweet potatoes

Candace's step by step process:

-wash and boil sweet potatoes in a big pot of water until tender but NOT mushy; you should be able to just pierce with a knife, but you don't want them to fall apart. should still hold their shape and be able to cut into slices

- drain in colander and let cool until cool enough to touch (can put in fridge)

- peel skin off using knife; most will sort of slip right off

- slice into lengthwise pieces

- butter the bottom of a foil pan or cookie sheet and arrange slices in single later (can overlap a bit)

- put a small pat of butter on each slice (i usually cut a stick of butter in quarters lengthwise, and then cut crosswise; you end up with small cubes)

- sprinkle or spoon a bit of brown sugar on each slice-- maybe ~1 tsp on each slice? more for bigger ones?

- drizzle maple syrup over all potatoes, but not completely drenched.

-bake in 350 oven until everything is melted and looks caramelized (never know how long this is, since we are usually baking in an oven that has other stuff in it on Thanksgiving.. probably 30 mins?)
- you could turn on the broiler for a bit at the end if you really want to brown them up.