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:
- Take 1 stick butter
- Prepare 5 large yams or sweet potatoes
- Get 1/2 cup maple syrup
- Make ready 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
- Make ready 1 tsp cinnamon or vanilla
- Make ready 1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- Prepare 1/2 tsp freshly grated ginger
- Take 1/2 tsp sea salt
- Get 1/4 cup water
- Get 2 1/2 cup mini marshmallows (optional)
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Steps to make Maple Candied Yams:
- Preheat oven 400°F.
- Peel yams. Cut into 1 inch cubes or wedges.
- Arranage yams in generously buttered 9x13 baking dish.
- In a saucepan, melt butter and stir in sugar until dissolved over medium heat. Add water and spices.
- Bring to a boil, add syrup; reduce heat to a simmer and cook 2 minutes.
- Pour butter mixture over yams, turning them to coat well.
- 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.
- When the potatoes are done, remove foil and bake on the upper third of oven at 475°F for about 20 minutes.
- As syrup thickens and potatoes start to caramelize watch carefully to avoid burning. Reduce temp if browning to quickly.
- Note: If adding marshmallows, spread them over the top and broil an additional 5-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Variation: Use honey or Karo instead of maple; add 1/4 cup frozen orange concentrate.
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