Candy Yams

Good Ol' Candied Yams

Sounds sweet right!?

Sweet potatoes, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, butter, and loads of TLC.

Like most of my recipes, this one is great all year round.  I kid you not, if it is not candy yams, I am making some variation of sweet potato at least once a week!

An alternate to this recipe is sweet potato mash.  Here is the link!  Enjoy!

BON APPÉTIT,

Chef Abyssinia

Candy Yams

Baked sweet potatoes with vanilla, brown sugar, cinnamon, and marshmallows. Yummy holiday recipe!

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Course baking, cooking, dinner, holidays, lunch, Side Dish

Cuisine American, fusion, southern

Servings 12 people

Equipment

• cutting board/knife
• Stockpot
• Vegetable Peeler
• Saucepot
• Whisk
• Baking dish

Ingredients

  

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Sweet Potatoe

• 4 lb sweet potatoes About 10 each
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup butter melted
• 1 tsp salt

Glaze

• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup water
• 3 tbsp butter, unsalted
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg preferable freshly grated

Instructions

 

Sweet Potatoe

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Peel and boil sweet potatoes until fork tender. Strain. Set aside to cool.

Glaze

• In a saucepan add 1/4 cup orange juice, 3 tbsp butter, salt, vanilla, brown sugar, water, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Whisk together and bring to a boil to reduce, this will take about 5 minutes.
• Add in cold butter, whisk together. Once the glaze has thickened, set aside.

Candy Yams

• In a baking dish add cooked sweet potatoes, 1/4 cup water, 1/4 cup orange juice, 1/4 cup melted butter, and 1 tsp salt.
• Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes at 325 degrees F.
• Remove sweet potatoes from the oven and mix gently using a rubber spatula.
• Pour glaze evenly over sweet potatoes. Cover with foil and bake at 325 degrees for another 30-40 minutes.
• Remove sweet potatoes from the oven. Mix gently using a rubber spatula. Taste and adjust seasonings accordingly.
• Sprinkle the top of your sweet potatoes with mini marshmallows and salt.
• Set oven to broil and place sweet potatoes under the broiler for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
• Enjoy!

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Notes

Marshmallows-

It is best to add the marshmallows when you are ready to eat the yams.

Marshmallows will melt if the candy yams are reheated. If they melt, add more marshmallows. 

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