Southern baked candied yams

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Ingredients

  1. 4 largesweet potatoes
  2. 1 stickunsalted butter
  3. 2 cupgranulated sugar
  4. 1/4 cupHeavy whipping cream
  5. 1/2 tbspvanilla extract
  6. 1 1/2 tbspreal maple syrup
  7. 1 1/2 tspground cinnamon
  8. 1/2 tspnutmeg

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350°F

  2. 2

    Wash and dry yams

  3. 3

    Peel yams.

  4. 4

    Slice yams into ½ thick circles.

  5. 5

    Place into a 12 x 9 casserole dish. Set aside

  6. 6

    In a medium size pot, melt butter over medium heat.

  7. 7

    Add sugar and stir until well blended

  8. 8

    Add whipping cream and stir until creamy

  9. 9

    Stir in cinnamon, nutmeg, maple, and vanilla extract.

  10. 10

    TASTE THE MIXTURE AND MAKE SURE IT TASTES YUMMY. ADD MORE SPICES IF NEEDED

  11. 11

    Pour mixture over yams

  12. 12

    Cover with foil and back for 40 minutes.

  13. 13

    Remove foil and bake for an additional 20-25 minutes.

  14. 14

    Plate and spoon syrupy sauce over the yams. Serve immediately.

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Laface W
Laface W @cook_3993407
Really Helpful recipe for the holidays & year round. very interesting?

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