Candied Sweet Potatoes With Pecans Food

CANDIED SWEET POTATOES WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Prick potatoes several times with a fork and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake potatoes in the preheated oven until you can easily pierce them halfway through with a sharp knife, about 1 1/2 hours. Remove from the oven and allow to cool until easily handled, at least 20 minutes. Leave the oven on.
• Meanwhile, mix brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, pecans, and pumpkin pie spice for topping in a bowl until thoroughly combined.
• Peel the cooled sweet potatoes and cut crosswise into 3/4-inch thick slices.
• Lightly grease a 9x13-inch ceramic or glass baking dish with 2 teaspoons butter. Spread potato slices in a single layer in the dish and spoon a bit of topping over each slice. Add remaining potato slices in a second layer and sprinkle with remaining topping.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until bubbly and browned, about 20 minutes. Use a serving spoon to dish this out, making sure to get to some of the sauce from the bottom for each serving.

CANDIED SWEET POTATOES WITH BROWN SUGAR AND PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375° F. Lightly spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Wash and peel the sweet potatoes. Slice them into 1/4 inch slices and place them in the baking dish.
• In a medium-sized pot, combine the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and salt. Heat over medium until just boiling. Remove from the heat and pour over the sweet potatoes. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are tender.
• To make the topping, stir together the melted butter, brown sugar, flour, and pecans.
• Remove the sweet potatoes from the oven and remove the foil. Sprinkle the topping mixture over the potatoes and cook for an additional 15 minutes.

CANDIED SWEET POTATOES WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Place sweet potato in a small saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30-40 minutes or just until tender. Drain. , When cool enough to handle, peel and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place in a greased shallow 2-cup baking dish. , In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, pecans, pineapple juice, lemon juice and cinnamon; sprinkle over sweet potato slices. Dot with butter. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 15 minutes or until bubbly and heated through.

CANDIED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Use 1 tablespoon of the butter to grease a 2 quart flameproof baking dish.
• Peel the sweet potatoes and slice them 1/8-inch thick. Place 1/3 of the potatoes in the bottom of the baking dish. Season with salt and sprinkle over 1/3 of the pecans. Repeat 2 more times. Pour the coffee liqueur and cream over the potatoes. Spread the brown sugar evenly over the top and dot with the remaining butter. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake until the sweet potatoes are tender when poked with a sharp knife, about 50 to 60 minutes. Remove the dish from the oven and turn on the broiler. Remove the foil and cover the sweet potatoes evenly with the marshmallows. Put the dish under the broiler until the marshmallows are lightly browned, about 1 minute. Let cool a bit before serving.

CANDIED PECANS

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a small saucepan, bring the sugar and 3/4 cup water to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, then add the pecans and cook until glossy, about 5 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon to the prepared baking sheet and let cool.

ORANGE GLAZED SWEET POTATOES WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Bake potatoes until very tender -- about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Let cool, and reduce oven heat to 350.
• Scoop potatoes out of peels and mash until desired texture. Stir in remaining ingredients and place in casserole dish (9 X 9).
• Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over potatoes. Bake until done at 350 -- about 1/2 hours.
• Optional: stud with 9 pecan halves at even intervals before returning to oven, just to make it look pretty.

ROASTED SWEET POTATOES WITH CINNAMON PECAN CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Mix 1/4 cup of the brown sugar, orange juice, vanilla, 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon and salt in large bowl.
• Add sweet potatoes and cranberries; toss to coat well.
• Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Dot with 2 tablespoons of the butter.
• Cover with foil.
• Bake 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix flour, remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in small bowl.
• Cut in remaining 2 tablespoons butter with a fork until coarse crumbs form.
• Stir in pecans.
• Remove sweet potatoes from oven and stir gently.
• Sprinkle with pecan topping.
• Bake, uncovered, 25 to 30 minutes longer or until sweet potatoes are tender and topping is lightly browned.

ROASTED SWEET POTATOES WITH CANDIED PECANS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Cook sweet potatoes in boiling water in large covered saucepan 15 min. or until tender; drain. Toss with dressing and pineapple. Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with marshmallows.
• Bake 25 to 30 min. or until marshmallows are golden brown.
• Meanwhile, cook and stir dry drink mix and water in medium skillet on medium-high heat until mixture just begins to come to boil. Stir in nuts; cook and stir 3 to 5 min. or until liquid is reduced and syrupy and nuts are well coated. Spread nuts on baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray; let cool completely. Coarsely chop coated nuts; sprinkle over baked sweet potato mixture.