Weekday Candied Yams (Sweet Potatoes)
There is nothing better than a dish of candied yams that have been slowly baked in the oven for hours, just simmering in that sugary mixture YUM!!
I love sweet potatoes I just don’t like having to turn my oven on for an hour+ to cook them to perfection the way I like, so I save that recipe for special occasions like Thanksgiving.
On the weekdays when I ‘m craving sweet potatoes to pair with a pot roast and cabbage I turn to this recipe. It is just as delicious and doesn’t require me to turn my oven on.
Weekday Candied Yam/Sweet Potatoes
Weekday Candied Yams (Sweet Potatoes)
Recipe Type: Sweet Potatoes
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Serves: Serves 4
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes or yams
- 4 tablespoons of butter
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Instructions
- Wash and peel two large yams or sweet potatoes.
- Cut off the ends of yams and throw away.
- Cut yams into 1/2 inch thick circles.
- Melt butter in a large pot. and place yams into the pot
- In a bowl combine sugar, nutmeg, & cinnamon.
- Pour sugar mixture on top of yams.
- Stir well to cover yams with the mixture.
- Cover yams and reduce heat to low and cook for 45 minutes or until yams are fork tender. You may need to toss yams gently halfway in the cooking process to make sure they aren’t sticking to the pan but be gentle.
- When yams are done transfer to a baking dish. Use a spatula or slotted spoon to keep from breaking them up. You can also pour a teaspoon of vanilla extract into the remaining syrup and pour over the yams at this point if desired.
- Serve piping hot & enjoy!
I’ve tried this recipe several times, however, I use brown sugar and a little sprinkle of “sugar in the raw” in place of white sugar. White sugar is POISON…
Brown sugar is just white sugar sprayed with molasses.
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These yams were absolutely delicious!!! Every recipe on your website that I’ve tried has turned out great! Thank you for sharing all these tasty recipes!!!
Made these the other nite. Next time i will use 3/4 cup of sugar but THEY WERE A HIT!!!
Thanks, MO!!
I made these and OMG!! They are the BOMB!! I love these yams! I can’t cook and your site and YouTube just keeps me going!
Even though this dish looks delish, I have a question about your other sweet potato recipe. You list real maple as an ingredient but real maple what? Thanx.
Not sure why but this took over an hour to cook. Either way it was delicious!