Candied Yams

These Candied Yams are so simple to make and a side dish you need on your table. Topped with toasted melty marshmallows, it’s a mouthwatering recipe perfect for the Holidays.

These Candied Yams are my favorite side dish for Thanksgiving. They are so simple to make and have the best sweet taste paired with my other savory side dishes on Thanksgiving day. 

No matter when you are making these yams you are going to love them.

How to make Candied Yams:

This is a pretty easy side dish to make. All you need to do is peel and slice your sweet potatoes.

Layer them in a casserole dish and then top with your sliced butter. Top with the brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon mixture then bake.

Once baked top with your mini marshmallows and then broil to toast them! Enjoy!

Ingredient Notes:

• Yams or Sweet Potatoes – Yes, they are different, but either one can be used in this recipe.
• Butter – melts with the sugar to make the candy-coating during baking.
• Brown Sugar – the key ingredient to Candied Yams.
• Salt – helps flavor the yams.
• Ground Cinnamon – You got to have cinnamon in this recipe!
• Mini Marshmallows – added at the end to make a nice top layer.

Directions:

Step One: Get started with preheating your oven to 400 degrees and prepare an 11″x7″ baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.

Step Two: Next peel and slice yams or sweet potatoes into rounds then add them to your prepared dish.

Step Three: Next slice your butter and add to a casserole dish with potatoes.

Then add in brown sugar, salt, and ground cinnamon and mix it all together and to coat potatoes.

Step Four: Now it’s time to bake.

Place your dish into your preheated oven and bake for 40-50 minutes until potatoes are tender.

Step Five: Remove potatoes from the oven and top with mini marshmallows.

Broil on high for 30-40 seconds until marshmallows are brown.

What is a Yam?

Yams are hard to find in America unless you shop at a specialty store. 95% of yam crops are grown in Africa.

If you can’t find them I generally use sweet potatoes instead. While sweet potatoes are different they are the closest thing that you can find in your everyday grocery store.

You will Need:

Here are a few kitchen tools that you will need for this recipe.

• Potato Peeler (this is perfect to quickly peel potatoes)
• A Good Knife (sweet potatoes or yams can be hard to cut so a good knife is a must)
• Casserole Dish (a great everyday casserole dish)

Try some of me other favorite Holiday Side Dishes:

Thanksgiving Salad – This Thanksgiving Salad is a hearty green salad that goes perfect with Thanksgiving Dinner or any other night of the week! Loaded with Gala Apples, pomegranate arils, pecans and feta cheese drizzled with a homemade Honey Mustard dressing.

Cheesy Corn – Creamy and delicious! This Cheesy Corn is my favorite side dish. It’s simple to make and so full of flavor, a real must-try.

Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes – This Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole is so simple to make. It’s loaded with flavor and topped with brown sugar and pecans. 

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