Candied Yams

Bring the flavor of Thanksgiving to your dinner table a little bit early with this candied yams recipe. This deliciously sweet and savory recipe is made with a blend of sweet potatoes, butter, sugar, and plenty of spices. Whether enjoying it as a side dish or dessert, it’s sure to become a favorite in your house.

Course dinner, gluten-free, holiday, Side Dish, sweet potato

Cuisine American

Keyword candied yams

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 55

Total Time 1 15

Servings servings

Calories 361kcal

Author Erin Antoniak

Ingredients

5 large sweet potatoes ~2lbs
6 tablespoon butter
⅓ cup white sugar
⅓ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoon orange juice
2 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoon vanilla
8 oz mini marshmallows

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F and grease 9x9 dish. Alternatively use a 9x13.
Peel and chop sweet potatoes in ½ inch rounds. Add sweet potato rounds to dish.
In a saucepan, heat butter over medium-high heat. Once melted, add sugars, orange juice, cinnamon, salt, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. Stir until boiling. Once boiling, reduce heat to medium and let cook an additional 5 minutes or until syrup has thickened slightly. Turn off heat.
Pour syrup over sweet potatoes and coat each potato as best you can.
Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes. Take off foil and baste sweet potatoes with syrup. Bake another 50-55 minutes uncovered. Baste with sauce every 15 minutes.
Add marshmallows with 10 minutes left. Let cool slightly before serving!

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