Southern Candied Yams

Ingredients

• 4 lbsweet potatoes (yams), peeled and sliced into 1/2-inch rounds
• 1 cuppacked light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup (1 stick)unsalted butter
• 1/2 cupgranulated sugar
• 1 tspground cinnamon
• 1/4 tspground nutmeg
• 1/2 tspvanilla extract
• 1/4 tspsalt
• 2 cupsmini marshmallows (optional)

Nutrition / serving

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Method

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350°F. Boil sweet potato rounds in salted water 8-10 minutes, until just fork-tender but not falling apart; drain.

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2. 2

   Arrange the sweet potatoes in a buttered 9x13-inch baking dish.

3. 3

   In a saucepan, melt butter with brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt over medium heat, stirring until dissolved into a syrup, 3-4 minutes.

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4. 4

   Stir in vanilla, then pour the syrup evenly over the sweet potatoes.

5. 5

   Cover with foil and bake 25 minutes, basting once with the syrup.

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6. 6

   Uncover, top with marshmallows if using, and bake 10-15 more minutes, until bubbly and the marshmallows are golden (or the potatoes are glazed and caramelized at the edges if skipping marshmallows).

7. 7

   Let rest 10 minutes before serving.

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