Candied Sweet Potatoes
Candied Sweet Potatoes

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, candied sweet potatoes. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Candied Sweet Potatoes is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Candied Sweet Potatoes is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Mix the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Cover the sweet potatoes with sugar mixture and stir. This candied sweet potato recipe is a true classic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have candied sweet potatoes using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Candied Sweet Potatoes:
  1. Make ready 5 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced into 1/2" rounds
  2. Get 1/2 tsp. salt
  3. Take 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, sliced in half
  4. Get 1 cup brown sugar
  5. Prepare 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  6. Prepare 2 tbsp water
  7. Take 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
  8. Make ready 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
  9. Take 1/4 tsp. ground ginger
  10. Take 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Brush a medium baking dish with butter. In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium. Whisk in the brown sugar, apple cider, bourbon if using, and cinnamon. Candied Sweet Potatoes are just that, sweet and tender, juicy, bright orange sweet potatoes that will warm your home and melt in your mouth!

Instructions to make Candied Sweet Potatoes:
  1. Place the sliced potatoes into a greased 9x13" baking pan and sprinkle the salt over them. Toss to coat and preheat the oven to 375°F. In a small saucepan, place the remaining ingredients except for the vanilla over medium-high heat and stir until the butter has melted and its come to a low boil.
  2. Let it boil, undisturbed, for 2 minutes, then remove it from the heat, stir in the vanilla and pour it evenly over the potatoes. Give them a toss, then place them into the oven for a total time of 1 hour. After the first 20 minutes, take them out, give them a stir and cover the pan with foil for the remaining baking time. Take them out to stir again at the 40 minute mark.
  3. Once the hour is up, the potatoes should be very tender. The sauce will seem very thin, but will thicken as they cool. Let them cool uncovered for 10 or so minutes, then serve.

Whisk in the brown sugar, apple cider, bourbon if using, and cinnamon. Candied Sweet Potatoes are just that, sweet and tender, juicy, bright orange sweet potatoes that will warm your home and melt in your mouth! Sweet potatoes are the perfect side dish this holiday season! If you love sweet potatoes as much as I do try this Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Roasted Honey Cinnamon Butter Sweet Potatoes or The Best Sweet Potato Casserole. Sweet potatoes and yams are two different root vegetables.

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