Maple Candied Yams.
Hello everybody, hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, maple candied yams. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook maple candied yams using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Maple Candied Yams:
- {Prepare 1 stick of butter.
- {Get 5 of large yams or sweet potatoes.
- {Take 1/2 cup of maple syrup.
- {Prepare 1/4 cup of dark brown sugar.
- {Make ready 1 tsp of cinnamon or vanilla.
- {Prepare 1/4 tsp of freshly grated nutmeg.
- {Prepare 1/2 tsp of freshly grated ginger.
- {Make ready 1/2 tsp of sea salt.
- {Prepare 1/4 cup of water.
- {Make ready 2 1/2 cup of mini marshmallows (optional).
Steps to make Maple Candied Yams:
- Preheat oven 400°F..
- Peel yams. Cut into 1 inch cubes or wedges..
- Arranage yams in generously buttered 9x13 baking dish..
- In a saucepan, melt butter and stir in sugar until dissolved over medium heat. Add water and spices..
- Bring to a boil, add syrup; reduce heat to a simmer and cook 2 minutes..
- Pour butter mixture over yams, turning them to coat well..
- Cover pan tightly with alumunum foil and bake on center rack, basting potatoes once or twice during baking. Bake 45 minutes or until fork tender..
- When the potatoes are done, remove foil and bake on the upper third of oven at 475°F for about 20 minutes..
- As syrup thickens and potatoes start to caramelize watch carefully to avoid burning. Reduce temp if browning to quickly..
- Note: If adding marshmallows, spread them over the top and broil an additional 5-10 minutes or until lightly browned..
- Variation: Use honey or Karo instead of maple; add 1/4 cup frozen orange concentrate..
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