Slow Cooker Candied Purple Yams Food

SLOW COOKER CANDIED PURPLE YAMS

Steps:

• Spray the inside of a slow cooker with cooking spray.
• Place one layer of yam slices in the prepared slow cooker and sprinkle with brown sugar until covered. Repeat layers until all yams are placed in slow cooker.
• Mix melted butter, vanilla extract, and salt together in a small bowl; pour over yams in the slow cooker.
• Cook until yams are soft when pricked with a fork, 4 hours on Low or 2 hours on High. Transfer yams to a serving dish.
• Pour juices from the slow cooker into a small saucepan and heat over medium-low until juices reach a soft boil.
• Stir together cornstarch and water in a small bowl until smooth; add to the juices in the saucepan and continue to boil, stirring constantly, until sauce has thickened. Pour sauce over yams and sprinkle with shredded coconut.

SLOW COOKER CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Line a slow cooker with a slow cooker liner or spray with cooking spray.
• Place yams in the bottom of the slow cooker. Top with water, pineapple juice, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir to evenly distribute sauce.
• Cook on Low for 2 hours. Stir. Stir cornstarch and water together in a small bowl to make a slurry. Add to slow cooker and stir to incorporate. Cook until yams are fork-tender and sauce has thickened, about 1 more hour.

SLOW COOKER CANDIED SWEET POTATOES RECIPE (WITH MARSHMALLOWS)

Steps:

• Spray slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray.
• Spread chopped sweet potatoes in the bottom of the slow cooker.
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine orange juice, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and brown sugar.
• Pour over the top of the sweet potatoes and place lid on the slow cooker.
• Cook on low for 4-6 hours or high for 2-3.
• Once cooked, pour all the contents from your slow cooker into a baking dish.
• Top with marshmallows and broil in oven until marshmallows are golden brown (mine took about 45 seconds!).

SLOW COOKER SWEET POTATOES (YAMS) AND MARSHMALLOWS

Steps:

• Spray the inside of a slow cooker with cooking spray.
• Place sweet potatoes in a slow cooker and arrange butter on top of sweet potatoes. Sprinkle brown sugar over sweet potatoes.
• Cook on High, 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Add marshmallows and cook until soft and somewhat puffy, about 15 minutes.