Healthy Candied Yams Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place sweet potatoes in a medium baking dish. Distribute butter pieces evenly over the sweet potatoes. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Layer with miniature marshmallows.
• Bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are tender and marshmallows have melted.

Steps:

• Stir salt into 2 quarts cold water in a large pot. Transfer sweet potato pieces to pot and place over high heat; bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until potatoes are not quite tender but still cooked, 5 to 7 minutes. Use the tip of a knife to test for doneness. Drain.
• Place brown sugar, butter, lemon juice, maple syrup, ginger, cinnamon, cayenne, and pinch of salt in a skillet. Place over medium-high heat, stirring until glaze ingredients melt and start bubbling. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until mixture begins to thicken up, 4 to 6 minutes.
• Transfer drained sweet potatoes to skillet. Raise heat to high and cook and stir until potatoes are coated with glaze and very tender, and glaze has thickened, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer to serving dish; garnish with chopped nuts.

Steps:

• Cut the sweet potatoes crosswise into 1-inch-thick rounds. Halve or quarter any extra-large pieces so that they are all similar in size.
• Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Combine the brown sugar, granulated sugar, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a small bowl. Add the sugar mixture to the Dutch oven and whisk until it forms a paste. Add the potatoes and stir well, spooning the sugar mixture over the potatoes to coat evenly.
• Cover and cook the potatoes, stirring occasionally and gently to avoid breaking them up, until they are just tender when pierced with the tip of a knife and the sauce resembles a thin syrup, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the pecans on a baking sheet and toast until dark brown with a light scent of roasted nuts, about 8 minutes. Season the pecans with some salt while warm, let them cool completely and coarsely chop.
• Transfer the potatoes with their sauce to a large serving platter and sprinkle the pecans over the top.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking dish.
• Arrange yams in the prepared baking dish. Combine brown sugar, 1/2 of the melted butter, and vanilla extract in a small bowl; pour evenly over yams. Cover the baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove and coat with remaining butter. Cover and bake for an additional 30 minutes. Remove the cover, top with marshmallows, and bake until marshmallows are melted, 5 more minutes.

Steps:

• Cut yams in half and boil until tender but firm (about 20 minutes).
• When cool enough to handle, peel and slice into 1/4-inch thickness.
• Combine sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and grated orange peel.
• Place half of the sliced yams in a medium-sized casserole dish.
• Sprinkle with spiced sugar mixture.
• Dot lightly with half the amount of margarine.
• Add a second layer of yams, using the rest of the ingredients in the same order as above. Add orange juice.
• Bake uncovered in oven preheated to 350° F for 30 minutes or until cooked through.