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Candied Sweet Potatoes

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Candied Sweet Potatoes compliment any meal

Candied sweet potatoes are a side dish consisting mainly of sweet potatoes prepared with brown sugar, maple syrup, molasses, or other sweet ingredients. Many also add marshmallows to theirs. 

Often served on Thanksgiving and/or Christmas, this side dish represents traditional American cooking.

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Candied Sweet Potatoes



 Candied Sweet Potatoes




  2 Sweet potatoes
  1/2 c. Brown sugar
  2/3 c. Syrup


 1/4 c. Molasses
 non-stick cooking spray
 1/2 teaspoon Salt





  Step 1: Scrub and boil in salted water whole sweet potatoes until just tender.

  Step 2: Drain, peel, and cut potatoes into 1/2" slices.
  Spray (electric) frying pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  In (electric) frying pan, put a layer of potatoes across the bottom.
  Sprinkle with a thin layer of brown sugar and syrup.
  Cook uncovered, turning as necessary.






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Making Candied Sweet Potatoes

Boil sweet potatoes in pot with 1/2 tsp. salt until tender.

Boil sweet potatoes in pot with 1/2 tsp. salt until tender.

Boil sweet potatoes in pot with 1/2 tsp. salt until tender.
Remove from pot and allow to cool. You need to be able to handle the sweet potatoes in order to remove the skin and slice them.
Sliced sweet potatoes waiting to be cooked. I lay mine out on the counter on a piece of saran wrap.
Close up of sliced sweet potatoes. Notice the color? The next step gives them their "orange" appearance.
I mix my brown sugar, syrup and molasses in a small bowl. I then drizzle it over the top of the sweet potatoes as I flip them during the cooking process.
They are finished and ready to be put in a serving bowl.

Instructional Video

Candied Yams from Joy of Soul Food, Cooking with Pamela Holmes
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Baked Candied Sweet Potatoes

Candied Sweet Potatoes in the oven





  Baked Candied Sweet Potatoes




  8 Sweet potatoes
  1/3 cup Brown sugar
  1/4 cup Butter


 1/2 teaspoon Salt
 3/4 cup Marshmallows
 





  Step 1: Scrub and boil in salted water whole sweet potatoes until just tender.

  Step 2: (25-40 minutes). Preheat oven to 375.
  Drain, peel, and cut potatoes into 1/2" slices.
  In 1 1/2-quart casserole layer half each of the potatoes, brown sugar, butter and salt.
  Repeat layers and bake uncovered for 30-40 minutes or until glazed.
  Sprinkle marshmallows over top. Bake about 5 minutes more until lightly browned.

 Yield: 6 servings






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Recipe Credit: Foodista

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Sweet Potatoes vs Yams

Do you know the difference?

The softer, orange variety is commonly marketed as a yam in parts of North America, a practice intended to differentiate it from the firmer, white variety. The sweet potato is very distinct from the other plant known as a yam (in the Dioscoreaceae family), which is native to Africa and Asia. To prevent confusion, the United States Department of Agriculture requires that sweet potatoes labeled as "yams" also be labeled as "sweet potatoes".


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Over the holiday season, candied sweet potatoes have become a huge hit with my husband's family. They greet me at the door with my apron, and I start to work my magic at the stove.

I have learned the hard way that no matter how careful I think I'm being, I'm going to get splashed when turning the sweet potatoes!


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