Sweet Potato Wafers

Description
This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Mclean Estate in Irving, Texas in 1982. Notation on card says this is a true civil war recipe. Hardships never stopped people from finding a way to cook good meals. The Edgefield Adviser, March 1, 1863. From The Confederate Housewife.
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Ingredients

 * 2 large sweet potatoes
 * ¼ cup lard
 * ⅛ teaspoon salt
 * ½ pound wheat flour
 * ½ cup milk
 * 1 egg
 * 2 tablespoons sugar

Directions

 * 1) Boil sweet potatoes then peel and mash.
 * 2) Mix in large, salt, milk, egg and sugar and knead in the flour then cut into small pieces and bake in a waffle iron or roll out thin cut into squares and bake in an oven as biscuits.