Candy Yams
Baked sweet potatoes with vanilla, brown sugar, cinnamon, and marshmallows. Yummy holiday recipe!
Equipment
- cutting board/knife
- Stockpot
- Vegetable Peeler
- Saucepot
- Whisk
- Baking dish
Ingredients
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. Tried this recipe?Mention @ChefAbyssinia on FB or Instagram!