Candied Yams
Sweet potatoes baked in a buttery brown sugar glaze rounded out with vanilla, nutmeg, and ginger alongside the cinnamon - stopping at cinnamon alone, which most quick versions do, leaves out the fuller warm-spice blend real candied yams are built on.
⏱ 55 min🍽 6 servings
dinnervegetarianbaking
Ingredients
- •4 sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced
- •1/2 cup brown sugar
- •4 tbsp butter
- •1 tsp cinnamon
- •1/4 tsp nutmeg
- •1/4 tsp ground ginger
- •1 tsp vanilla extract
- •1/2 cup mini marshmallows
Steps
- 1.Preheat oven to 350°F.
- 2.Layer the sweet potato slices in a baking dish and dot with butter.
- 3.Sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, and drizzle with vanilla.
- 4.Bake covered for 35 minutes, then top with marshmallows and bake uncovered for another 10 minutes until golden.