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Candied Yams Recipe
Candied Yams Recipe is the perfect side dish to serve this Thanksgiving and Christmas. The buttery sauce makes these yams so delicious.
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 5m⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 40 min👤 Carrie Barnard📖 eatingonadime
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●oven
- ●baking dish
- ●saucepan
- ●wooden spoon
- ●pan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Heat Oven - Preheat your oven to 375°F.
2
Butter a 9 x 13-inch baking dish and set it aside.
3
Wash, peel, and slice 3 pounds sweet potatoes (about 5 large sweet potatoes) into ½-inch thick rounds.
4
Place the sweet potatoes in the buttered baking dish and set them aside.
5
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine 8 tablespoons (1 stick) salted butter, ½ cup packed brown sugar, ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, and ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg.
teaspoon ground cinnamon1/2teaspoon ground nutmeg1/4
6
Heat the mixture, stirring frequently, until the butter is melted and the sugar has dissolved. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in ½ teaspoon vanilla extract.
teaspoon vanilla extract1/2
7
Pour the butter and sugar mixture over the sweet potatoes and use a wooden spoon to stir the sweet potatoes and make sure each potato slice is coated in the syrup.
8
Cover the pan with foil and bake the yams in the preheated oven for ⏱️ 30 minutes.
9
After ⏱️ 30 minutes, remove the foil from the pan, carefully spoon some of the cooking syrup over the yams, and continue cooking the yams, uncovered, for an additional 20 to ⏱️ 25 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes can be easily pierced with a fork and the cooking liquid is syrupy.
10
Allow the candied yams to cool for about ⏱️ 10 minutes and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
calories
300 kcal
fat Content
11 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
5 g
sugar Content
21 g
sodium Content
187 mg
protein Content
3 g
trans Fat Content
0.5 g
cholesterol Content
30 mg
carbohydrate Content
48 g
saturated Fat Content
7 g
unsaturated Fat Content
3.4 g
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