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Sweet Potato Pone

Sweet Potato Pone

What you’ll need:

  • 2 1/2 cups raw grated sweet potatoes (yams)
  • 1 cup molasses
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups rich milk
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger or grated orange rind
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon powdered cinnamon

Instructions:

Mix ingredients and turn into a well-greased baking pan and bake about 45 minutes in a moderated oven, sprinkling the brown sugar and cinnamon over the top at the end of the first 25 minutes.

Recipe adapted from Opie, Fred. 2015. Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food: Recipes, Remedies & Simple Pleasures. The History Press. 

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