Candied Sweet Potatoes Yams Food

CANDIED YAMS (CANDIED SWEET POTATOES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F. Spray a 3 quart baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
• Peel sweet potatoes and rinse clean. Slice potatoes to 1/2 inch thick slices. Try to keep them roughly the same thickness so they cook evenly.
• In a medium bowl, combine brown sugar, melted butter, maple syrup, ground cinnamon, vanilla extract and salt. Whisk until smooth. If the mixture is very thick, pop in the microwave for 30 seconds to loosen it up.
• Transfer sliced sweet potatoes to the prepared baking dish and spread evenly.
• Drizzle the brown sugar mixture over the top of the sweet potatoes and toss to combine. You want each piece of sweet potato coated in the mixture.
• Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove foil and gently stir. Bake for another 15 minutes (no foil) and again, gently stir. Check to see how tender the sweet potatoes are at this point. Bake for another 5 to 15 minutes, depending on the size and thickness of your potatoes. Make sure they are tender (but not falling apart) before removing.
• If adding marshmallows, sprinkle marshmallows on top and pop back in the oven for 5 minutes. Serve immediately.

CLASSIC CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Cut the sweet potatoes crosswise into 1-inch-thick rounds. Halve or quarter any extra-large pieces so that they are all similar in size.
• Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Combine the brown sugar, granulated sugar, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a small bowl. Add the sugar mixture to the Dutch oven and whisk until it forms a paste. Add the potatoes and stir well, spooning the sugar mixture over the potatoes to coat evenly.
• Cover and cook the potatoes, stirring occasionally and gently to avoid breaking them up, until they are just tender when pierced with the tip of a knife and the sauce resembles a thin syrup, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the pecans on a baking sheet and toast until dark brown with a light scent of roasted nuts, about 8 minutes. Season the pecans with some salt while warm, let them cool completely and coarsely chop.
• Transfer the potatoes with their sauce to a large serving platter and sprinkle the pecans over the top.

SOUTHERN CANDIED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into slices.
• Melt the butter in a heavy skillet and add the sliced sweet potatoes.
• Mix the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Cover the sweet potatoes with sugar mixture and stir. Cover skillet, reduce heat to low and cook for about 1 hour or until potatoes are "candied". They should be tender but a little hard around the edges. Also the sauce will turn dark. You will need to stir occasionally during the cooking. Stir in the vanilla just before serving. Serve hot.

CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place sweet potatoes in a medium baking dish. Distribute butter pieces evenly over the sweet potatoes. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Layer with miniature marshmallows.
• Bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are tender and marshmallows have melted.

CANDIED YAMS OR SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Boil yams or sweet potatoes until just tender.
• Peel and cut length-wise into 1/2-inch slices.
• In medium skillet or electric frying pan, combine sugar, butter, cream and salt; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and bubbly.
• Add yams; turn gently until glazed and thoroughly heated.

CANDIED YAMS OR SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel and quarter the yams or sweet potatoes.
• Place all of the ingredients into a large pot and cook the potatoes on top of the stove over medium heat and stirring every so often until potatoes are soft.
• Also, don't be afraid of adding more brown sugar and/or orange juice if needed. The ingredients need to cover the potatoes.

CANDIED SWEET POTATOES (YAMS)

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350.
• Cut in half the potatoes and bring to a boil until tender (leave skins on). Cool and set aside.
• Mix brown sugar & cinnamon into small bowl.
• Remove skins from potatoes, slice 1/4" thick. Peel apples and slice 1/4" thick.
• Layer 13x9 baking pan with sliced potatoes, apples, butter pats and brown sugar & cinnamon mix. Repeat.
• Bake 25-30 minutes, or until bubbling brown.

EMERIL'S CANDIED SWEET POTATOES - KICKED UP!

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large heavy pot, combine the potatoes, sugar, water, orange juice, vanilla beans, orange zest, cinnamon, and salt. Bring to a simmer over high heat.
• Lower the heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Strain the potatoes out of the sauce and place in a casserole dish. Return the sauce to the pan.
• Add the bourbon to the sauce and cook (stirring often) on medium-high heat until syrup is thickened, about another 15-30 minutes.
• Pour the syrup over the potatoes and place in the oven. Bake until the potatoes are browned, about 10-15 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the butter, stirring gently to incorporate.
• Serve immediately.

YUMMY CANDIED YAMS/SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE WITH MARSHMALLOWS

Steps:

• Place yams in buttered shallow baking dish.
• Combine syrup from can, sugar, and butter in saucepan, stirring to boil over medium-high heat, to thicken.
• Whisk in remaining ingredients, whisking well to combine.
• Pour sauce over yams.
• Bake in 350 degree F oven for 20-30 minutes, basting frequently.
• Top with marshmallows, and return to oven for a few minutes until marshmallows are lightly browned.