Moms Candied Sweet Potatoes Pineapple Food

MOMS CANDIED SWEET POTATOES & PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• 1. In a medium saucepan, add potatoes and 1/2 tsp salt, cover with water. Bring to boil, then reduce to simmer. Cook until fork tender and drain. In another saucepan, add the butter, brown sugar, pinch salt, pineapple juice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Bring to a boil and simmer until thickened some - won't be real thick, more like a glaze. If you want a thicker glaze, add a small amount of corn starch to the pineapple juice before adding. Once sauce is to desired thickness and potatoes are cooked. Add the drained pineapple to the glaze and cook until heated through. Stir in the vanilla. Gently toss the sweet potatoes with the glaze, being careful not to break up potatoes too much. Heat through for a few minutes and pour into a serving dish. Sprinkle with pecans if using. Serve immediately.

GRANDMA'S CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cut off the ends of the yams, then peel and cut the yams into 1/2-inch-thick circles. Add to a 2-quart baking dish. Set aside.
• In a medium pot, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the brown sugar and stir until thoroughly blended. Stir in the pineapple juice, cinnamon, vanilla and cloves. Taste the mixture to make sure it's sweet to your liking and pour over the yams. Spread the strawberry preserves on top of the yams.
• Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake until the yams are semi-tender, about 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake until the yams are caramelized, 20 to 25 minutes more.
• Plate and serve hot. And don't forget to pour the sauce from the baking dish on top!

MY GRANDMA'S CANDIED YAMS WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Place the sweet potatoes in a 2-quart baking dish. Set aside.
• In a medium pot, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Add the sugar and stir until smooth. Drain the pineapple in a strainer, reserving the juice. Stir in about half the pineapple and half the pineapple juice; reserve the rest of the pineapple and juice for another use. Stir in the cinnamon, cloves and salt. Bring the mixture to a boil, remove from the heat and add the vanilla extract. Pour the mixture directly over the sweet potatoes.
• Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake until the sweet potatoes are just tender, about 45 minutes. Remove the foil and continue to bake until the sweet potatoes are caramelized, 20 to 25 minutes more.
• Plate and serve immediately. Pour extra sauce from the bottom of the baking dish on top.

CANDIED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel and slice sweet potatoes. Put in a large pot of lightly salted water. Bring to a boil. Boil 5 minutes, drain and cool. Put sweet potatoes into a 2 quart casserole, dot with the butter. Mix sugar with next 8 ingredients and mix well. Sprinkle over sweet potatoes. Pour orange juice and lemon juice over sweet potatoes. Cover with the sliced oranges. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

KEYSHAWN'S MOM'S CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and cut into 2-inch cubes. Place potatoes in large pot, cover with sugar, brown sugar and butter cook over medium heat until potatoes are fork tender (about 20 minutes) but not mushy.

CLASSIC CANDIED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place whole sweet potatoes in a steamer over a couple of inches of boiling water, and cover. Cook until tender, about 30 minutes. Drain and cool.
• Peel, and slice sweet potatoes lengthwise into 1/2 inch slices. Place in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter, brown sugar, water and salt. When the sauce is bubbly and sugar is dissolved, pour over potatoes.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, occasionally basting the sweet potatoes with the brown sugar sauce.

KEYSHAWN'S MOM'S CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and cut into 2 inch cubes.
• Place potatoes in large pot, cover with sugar, brown sugar and butter cook over medium heat until potatoes are for tender (approx 20 mins) but not mushy.

WW 2 POINTS - CANDIED SWEET POTATO WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425ºF.
• Coat a 2-quart casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Place potatoes in prepared dish.
• In a small bowl, combine crushed pineapple, Splenda and cinnamon; add to potatoes and toss until well mixed.
• Bake, stirring after 30 minutes, until sweet potato mixture is bubbly, about 45 minutes. 2 Points yields about 1/2 cup per serving.

BAKED SWEET YAMS IN PINEAPPLE JUICE

Steps:

• Peel and cut yams. cut to diagonal slices about 1/4 inch slices.
• Boil pineapple juice and sugar till syrupy.
• Add yams and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Remove yams and transfer to 13x9 pan.
• Arrange slices to nice galette design, overlapping each pieces.
• Meanwhile, add butter to the pineapple syrup, let simmer till fully incorporated.
• Pour on the yam slices.
• Bake in pre heated 350 oven till tender about 30 minutes.
• This will be thickened and gooey.
• Serve warm.
• Delicious!

SWEET POTATO WITH PINEAPPLE ----ALOHA ----

Steps:

• Boil whole sweet potatoes until tender, about 25 minutes.
• Let cool, then peel and cut into 1/2 inch thick slices.
• In a large skillet melt pineapple preserves, butter and cinnamon; add sweet potatoes to skillet. Cook gently; tossing lightly until sweet potatoes are glazed.
• Top with toasted coconut.

PINEAPPLE SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter one 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes; cook until tender but still firm. Drain, and transfer to a large bowl to cool. Peel and quarter.
• In a sauce pan, combine pineapple, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. Bring to boil and reduce heat.
• Arrange potatoes in a single layer in baking dish. Pour sauce over potatoes and bake for 45 minutes.

YAMS OR SWEET POTATOES WITH PINEAPPLE AND NUTS

Steps:

• Peel yams and cut into thirds or quarters.
• Place into boiling water and cook until soft, approximately 10-15 minutes.
• Drain water and mash yams.
• Add 1 can of crushed pineapple and mix well.
• Continue adding crushed pineapple until mixture is quite moist.
• Add nut pieces.
• Note: Depending on the consistency, you may want to add a smaller can of crushed pineapple or pineapple juice instead of or in addition to the second can mentioned above.