Maple Candied Yams
Maple Candied Yams

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, maple candied yams. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This is my Aunt Ginnys recipe for candied yams. Place sweet potatoes in a medium baking dish. Distribute butter pieces evenly over the sweet potatoes.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook maple candied yams using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Maple Candied Yams:
  1. Take 1 stick butter
  2. Prepare 5 large yams or sweet potatoes
  3. Get 1/2 cup maple syrup
  4. Make ready 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
  5. Make ready 1 tsp cinnamon or vanilla
  6. Make ready 1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
  7. Prepare 1/2 tsp freshly grated ginger
  8. Take 1/2 tsp sea salt
  9. Get 1/4 cup water
  10. Get 2 1/2 cup mini marshmallows (optional)

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Steps to make Maple Candied Yams:
  1. Preheat oven 400°F.
  2. Peel yams. Cut into 1 inch cubes or wedges.
  3. Arranage yams in generously buttered 9x13 baking dish.
  4. In a saucepan, melt butter and stir in sugar until dissolved over medium heat. Add water and spices.
  5. Bring to a boil, add syrup; reduce heat to a simmer and cook 2 minutes.
  6. Pour butter mixture over yams, turning them to coat well.
  7. Cover pan tightly with alumunum foil and bake on center rack, basting potatoes once or twice during baking. Bake 45 minutes or until fork tender.
  8. When the potatoes are done, remove foil and bake on the upper third of oven at 475°F for about 20 minutes.
  9. As syrup thickens and potatoes start to caramelize watch carefully to avoid burning. Reduce temp if browning to quickly.
  10. Note: If adding marshmallows, spread them over the top and broil an additional 5-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
  11. Variation: Use honey or Karo instead of maple; add 1/4 cup frozen orange concentrate.

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