Candied Yams Recipe 45

CLASSIC CANDIED YAMS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Layer sweet potato slices in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium. Add sugars, stirring until well combined. Stir in cream; cook, stirring often, just until mixture comes to a simmer, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg.
• Pour sugar mixture evenly over sweet potatoes, and cover with lightly greased aluminum foil.
• Bake, covered, in preheated oven, about 40 minutes. Uncover and gently stir potato mixture. Bake, uncovered, until potatoes are tender, 25 to 30 more minutes. Transfer potatoes to a serving bowl with a slotted spoon; pour syrup over potatoes. Serve immediately.

CANDIED YAMS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Strain off yams and place then into a small baking dish
• Cut up 1 stick of butter into small chunks and sprinkle them throughout the baking dish.
• Sprinkle brown sugar and salt, as well as drizzle vanilla extract over the yams and butter.
• Place dish in the oven and bake for about 25-30 minutes or until yams are soft.

CANDIED YAMS AND MARSHMALLOWS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Roast whole yams in preheated oven until heated through but not quite tender, 35 to 40 minutes. Allow to cool.
• Reduce oven heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir brown sugar, orange juice, and nutmeg with the melted butter to dissolve the sugar completely; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook until the liquid thickens into a syrup, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Peel cooled yams. Cut yams into bite-size chunks; arrange in a single layer in a 13x9-inch baking dish. Drizzle syrup over the yams.
• Bake in the preheated oven, twice opening the oven to spoon syrup over the yams, until the chunks are fork-tender, about 35 minutes. Arrange marshmallows over the yams and continue baking until the marshmallows are puffy and browned, about 10 minutes more.

CANDIED YAMS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°
• Line a baking sheet with foil and place potatoes on top. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until soft.
• Cool the potatoes on a separate plate for about 10 minutes or until you can safely handle them. Peel and slice into ½ inch medallions.
• In a large, cast iron pan over medium heat, add the butter, sugar and spices stirring constantly until fully melted and combined, at least 2 minutes.
• Add the cooked potato medallions and carefully stir with a spatula until well coated in the sugar mixture, roughly 3 minutes. Turn off the heat but leave on the burner if you want it to continue to caramelize.

CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place sweet potatoes in a medium baking dish. Distribute butter pieces evenly over the sweet potatoes. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Layer with miniature marshmallows.
• Bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are tender and marshmallows have melted.