Yummy Candied Yams Food

BAKED CANDIED YAMS - SOUL FOOD STYLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F.
• Wash the yams.
• Peel, then chop the yams ( make sure that they are about 1/2 inch thick.)
• Place the yams into a 9x13 bake dish.
• Place the butter into a medium sized pot, then melt it over medium heat.
• Once the butter is melted, sprinkle in the white & brown sugar, ground cinnamon,ground nutmeg, ground ginger, and ground clove.
• Turn the stove off, mix the ingredients, then add in the vanilla extract.
• Pour the candied mixture over the yams, and try to coat all the yams with the candied mixture.
• Next, cover the bake dish with foil, then bake the yams in the oven for 30 minutes.
• Remove the yams from the oven, and baste them with the candied mixture.
• Cover the yams, and bake them for another 15-20 minutes.
• Remove the yams from the oven, and let them sit for about 10 minutes before serving.
• Enjoy!

CANDIED YAMS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Strain off yams and place then into a small baking dish
• Cut up 1 stick of butter into small chunks and sprinkle them throughout the baking dish.
• Sprinkle brown sugar and salt, as well as drizzle vanilla extract over the yams and butter.
• Place dish in the oven and bake for about 25-30 minutes or until yams are soft.

YUMMY CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, place potatoes in water. Top with butter and sugar, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, without stirring, until mixture is thick and syrupy, 40 minutes. Mixture will thicken slightly as it cools. Remove from heat and serve warm.

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.

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!

CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Place the peeled and cut sweet potatoes in a large stock pot or dutch oven and cover with a couple inches of cold water.
• Bring to a boil and add 1 tsp salt.
• Boil for 5-10 minutes, or until you can pierce with a fork, but they aren't fully cooked or mushy.
• Drain and set aside.
• In a saute pan, add butter, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and ginger, as well as orange juice, brown sugar, and vanilla extract, and bring to a boil on high heat.
• Once boiling, stir well, then add the sweet potatoes, stirring to coat with the sauce.
• Continue to boil until the sauce reduces to a thick, syrup consistency (about 10 minutes)
• Serve hot.

SEET'S YUMMY CANDIED YAMS OR SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Drain the yams.
• In a shallow baking dish mash one can of yams and leave the other can of yams in pieces (This is more of a personal preferance, you can leave both cans in pieces if you wish).
• Pour orange juice over the yams.
• Sprinkle on brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Dot with butter or margarine.
• Top the yams with marshmallows.
• Bake 30 minutes or until marshmallows have melted.
• Be sure to watch the yams the last 5 minutes because the marshmellows can burn.

CLASSIC CANDIED YAMS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Layer sweet potato slices in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium. Add sugars, stirring until well combined. Stir in cream; cook, stirring often, just until mixture comes to a simmer, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg.
• Pour sugar mixture evenly over sweet potatoes, and cover with lightly greased aluminum foil.
• Bake, covered, in preheated oven, about 40 minutes. Uncover and gently stir potato mixture. Bake, uncovered, until potatoes are tender, 25 to 30 more minutes. Transfer potatoes to a serving bowl with a slotted spoon; pour syrup over potatoes. Serve immediately.

CANDIED YAMS WITH MARSHMALLOWS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400°F (205°C) and butter or spray your 9x13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Open and drain your can(s) of canned yams then spread the yams in the bottom of your prepared baking dish.
• Sprinkle a pinch of salt over the yams, then top with butter slices. Crumble the brown sugar over the yams next, followed by a generous layer of mini marshmallows.
• Bake in the center of your oven's middle rack at 400°F (205°C) for 20-25 minutes until the yams are bubbling and the marshmallows are melted and toasted.

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.

BLACK FOLKS SOUTHERN CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Wash the sweet potatoes. (I like to use this vegetable scrubber HERE.)
• Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into thick round wedges.
• Then set them aside to soak in a bowl of cool water to prevent browning while you're preparing the candied yams syrup.
• Melt the butter in a medium-sized bowl in the microwave.
• Add the brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, maple syrup, ginger, ground clove, and vanilla extract to the melted butter.
• Mix the ingredients well to create the syrup glaze for the candied yams.
• Next, Drain the sweet potato rounds in a colander.
• Open the Instant Pot lid and add ½ a cup of water and the sweet potato rounds to the stainless-steel inner pot.
• Pour the syrup glaze over the sweet potatoes.
• Close the Instant Pot lid (make sure the valve is up - in the position for sealing) and pressure cook on high for 5 minutes.
• When the cooking time is finished, allow a natural pressure release for at least 5 minutes.
• To open the Instant Pot lid, move the valve to 'venting' and manually release any remaining pressure, if applicable.
• Optional - Open the Instant Pot lid and sprinkle the miniature marshmallows over the cooked, candied yams.
• With the lid placed not entirely on the Instant Pot (in a resting position, so it doesn't lock back into position on the pot) continue with the setting on 'keep warm.'
• After about 5 minutes, check to see if the marshmallows have melted.
• Once the marshmallows are melted, turn off the Instant Pot and transfer your Black folks' Southern candied yams recipe to a serving dish.
• Serve right away and enjoy!

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.