To Be A Slave
Kindergarten and 1st Grade

SWEET POTATO PONE RECIPE

DIRECTIONS: makes 6 servings

1. Wash the sweet potato and prick it with a fork. Then bake it in a 350-degree oven for an hour, or until a fork pierces it easily.
2. Have an adult remove the sweet potato from the oven. Set aside until it's cool enough to handle.
3. Keep the oven set at 350 degrees. Grease the baking pan with butter.
4. Use the butter knife to peel the skin from the sweet potato. Cut the sweet potato into 4 pieces and put them in the mixing bowl. Discard the skin.
5. Mash the sweet potato until it is smooth. You should have about 1 cup of mashed sweet potato.
6. Melt 1/4 cup of butter in the saucepan over low heat. Then stir the butter into the mashed sweet potato.
7. Add the brown sugar, maple or corn syrup, and milk to the sweet potato mixture. Beat until the mixture is smooth.
8. Crack the eggs into the small bowl. Beat them with a fork until well mixed. Then stir them into the sweet potato mixture.
9. Stir in the allspice, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. Then add the chopped nuts.
10. Spoon the sweet potato pone into the baking pan and bake for 1 hour. It is done when a knife inserted into the pone comes out clean.
11. Have an adult remove the sweet potato pone from the oven. Serve it warm or cold. Serve it with cream or ice cream if you'd like.