The Best Southern Candied Yams

Recipe

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Southern candied yams are a classic sweet potato side dish, slow-cooked on the stove in a sweet, flavorful mixture. This blend includes brown and white sugar, butter, warm cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract, and orange juice concentrate.

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

1 h

Total Time

1 h 10 min

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ingredients

– sweet potatoes – dark brown sugar or light brown sugar – white sugar – cinnamon ... Swipe up for all the ingredients!

STEPS

– Scrub, peel and slice your yams. In a medium pot over medium high heat, combine the sweet potatoes and the rest of the ingredients. Stir the sweet potatoes.

STEPS

– Let it come to a boil. Cover then simmer until the yams are nice and tender when slightly pierced with the tines of a fork or taste. Let it cook a bit longer.

STEPS

Remove the top then set stove to medium. Let the cooking liquid come to a boil. Stirring occasionally until the cooking liquid reduces or until the syrup coats the yams. Remove the pot with the candied yams from the stove and place them into the oven.

READY

Enjoy!

So good!

April

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