How To Make Candied Yams With Fresh Sweet Potatoes
Arrange potatoes in a lightly greased baking dish approx.
How to make candied yams with fresh sweet potatoes. Cook bake the candied yams for about 40 minutes or until they re tender. Add the candy toss the sweet potatoes with the butter brown sugar cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Candied yams are on their face very simple.
Step 1 slice sweet potatoes into 1 4 inch round slices. Transfer potatoes to a serving bowl with a slotted spoon. Add the spices pepper and butter.
Once the sweet potatoes have been evenly coated pour them into a 9 x 13 baking dish. Place water and sugars into a saucepan and bring to a boil stirring regularly for about 3 minutes or until sugars are well dissolved. Next in a large bowl mix together the melted butter brown sugar granulated sugar honey allspice cinnamon nutmeg and vanilla extract.
Use a mixing spoon to toss the sweet potato in the sugar mixture to coat. Sweet potatoes cooked with a spiced and buttery syrup. The funny thing is that despite this overall simplicity after all the only components are the sweet potatoes and the syrup my testing led me to deviate from almost every other version of this recipe i ve seen.
After they re peeled cut them into chunks that are about an inch long. Add in the yams sweet potatoes. Peel and slice or cut cooked sweet potatoes into chunks and layer into prepared dish seasoning with salt in between layers.
Pour syrup over potatoes. Bake uncovered until potatoes are tender 25 to 30 more minutes. Bake covered in preheated oven about 40 minutes.