Candied Yams
Candied Yams

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, candied yams. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Candied Yams is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Candied Yams is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

We put big flavor first because it takes real taste to fulfill real craving. I added the butter, sugar and a cup of marshmallows and left it in the fridge. Beatriz de Costa For many, candied yams are an indispensable part of the Thanksgiving meal, along with mashed potatoes and homemade cranberry sauce. Candied yams are a classic Southern side dish, especially when it comes to Thanksgiving.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook candied yams using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Candied Yams:
  1. Get 4 sweet potatoes, peeled & chopped
  2. Prepare 1 cup sugar, divided
  3. Prepare 1 cup brown sugar, divided
  4. Make ready 2 tbsp salt
  5. Take 2 tbsp vanilla
  6. Get 1 tbsp cinnamon
  7. Prepare 1 tsp nutmeg
  8. Make ready 2 tbsp water
  9. Prepare 1/2 stick butter, cubed

These sweet potatoes pair perfectly with a Holiday Ham and a fresh batch of Homemade Dinner Rolls topped with this tasty Whipped Honey Butter. Candied yams are like a little preview of dessert, a treat for the sweet tooth before the serious business of pies and ice creams begin in earnest. As an adult, I now realize that candied yams properly occupy the middle position between the mashed potatoes and the cranberry sauce. Bring to a boil stirring occasionally.

Instructions to make Candied Yams:
  1. Turn stove on medium low.. Place the 2 tbsp water in bottom of pot and put in half the yams.
  2. Pour in half the sugar, brown sugar then add the 2 tbsp salt.
  3. Place other half of yams on top and put in rest of sugar, brown sugar, & all other seasonings.
  4. Place lid on HALFWAY. Don't cover completely.
  5. After about 10-12 minutes you'll see the sugar mixture boiling, DO NOT STIR. Simply flip over the TOP yams and gently push into the sugar mixture. Once flipped place lid back on HALFWAY for another 10-12 minutes.
  6. Turn off & remove from heat. Place cubed pieces of butter in pot and allow mixture to settle with lid on.
  7. If you want to add marshmallows, just pour mixture into dish & top with marshmallows, place in oven at 350 for another 10-12 minutes or until marshmallows melt.

As an adult, I now realize that candied yams properly occupy the middle position between the mashed potatoes and the cranberry sauce. Bring to a boil stirring occasionally. Pour the candied mixture over the yams, and try to coat all the yams with the candied mixture. Remove the yams from the oven, and baste them with the candied mixture. Place Bruce's Yams Cut Sweet Potatoes in a shallow baking dish; set aside.

So that is going to wrap it up for this exceptional food candied yams recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I’m confident you will make this at home. There is gonna be interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page in your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!