Yams Thanksgiving Recipes

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.

GRANDMA'S THANKSGIVING SWEET POTATO YAMS

Steps:

• Boil sweet potatoes until fork tender. Allow to cool. Peel the sweet potatoes and slice into 1" slices.
• In a bowl, stir together karo syrup, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla.
• Arrange sweet potato slices in 11"x14" casserole dish.
• Pour mixture over potatoes.
• Slice margarine into slices and arrange on the top.
• Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove and mix the slices around. Put back in oven for 10-20 minute Serve hot.

THANKSGIVING YAMS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, mix the sweet potatoes, butter and lemon juice. Break the gingersnap cookies into the mixture. Stirring occasionally, cook until thick, about 15 minutes.
• Cover the mixture with desired quantity of marshmallows. Remove from heat and cover 5 minutes, or until marshmallows have melted. Serve warm.

MAPLE-GLAZED YAMS RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients. Preheat oven to 375 F.
• Add the lemon juice to a mixing bowl with a quart of cold water.
• Peel the yams and cut into 2-inch chunks. Toss them in the lemon-water mixture as you work to prevent discoloration.
• In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat and add the maple syrup, stirring to combine. Remove from heat.
• Drain the yams, but don't rinse. Add to a mixing bowl and pour in the butter-maple mixture, salt, and pepper. Toss with a spatula to combine.
• Line a baking pan with foil or silicone baking mat. Spread the yams on the pan until evenly spaced.
• Bake until fork tender, about 25 minutes.
• Transfer to a serving bowl and pour over the extra butter/maple mixture from the baking pan.
• Serve hot or at room temperature and enjoy!

CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Simmer the remaining ingredients: Mix the remaining ingredients (orange juice, brown sugar, ground ginger, cinnamon, butter) in a shallow, wide sauté pan and bring to a boil on high heat.

THANKSGIVING YAMS RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Cook yams in boiling water about 15 min. (check every 5 min as so to not overcook) Drain and Cool. In a small saucepan, melt butter, juice, brown sugar, salt, water, and cinnamon. While that is heating up, peel the potatoes and slice into chucks. Place potatoes in baking dish. Pour melted mixture over potatoes (it will only cover 1lb of yams. Double recipe if more than 1lb) Bake at 350 for 35 min. After 20 min add pecans and at the end, turn on the broiler and add the marshmallows. Broil for 5 min until marshmallows turn brown.

EASY CANDIED YAMS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400. Toss the sweet potatoes with the butter, brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Pour the sweet potatoes into a 9 x 13 baking dish.
• Bake 40 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are tender. Stir the potatoes and bake for an additional ten minutes to lightly caramelize the sauce. Serve warm.

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.

THANKSGIVING YAMS

Steps:

• Peel, quarter lengthwise and cut potatoes crosswise into 1/4-inch thick slices.
• Combine the sweet potatoes, 1/2 t salt, sugar, and water in a large pot.
• Cover and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally until the potatoes fall apart when poked with a fork (45 - 60 minutes).
• Off the heat, mash the sweet potatoes in the saucepan with a potato masher or food mill. Stir in the melted butter, half-and-half, orange juice, and orange zest with a wooden spoon until incorporated.
• Season with additional orange juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and pepper to taste.

ROASTED YAMS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet or shallow baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Arrange slices of potato in the prepared pan so they are overlapping slightly. Season with salt and pepper and then drizzle olive oil over them as evenly as possible.
• Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are tender and have begun to wrinkle around the edges, about 30 minutes.