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November 17, 2010

Candied Yams

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These candied yams are sliced sweet potatoes with brown sugar and spices baked with orange slices and cinnamon sticks. Easy AND impressive!

These candied yams are sliced sweet potatoes with brown sugar and spices baked with orange slices and cinnamon sticks. Easy AND impressive!

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A few weeks ago I picked up this month's issue of Better Homes and Garden magazine.  I should sign up for a subscription, but I usually just grab it from the news stand around the holidays.  This year there is a feature of Tyler Florence's Thanksgiving recipes.  The one dish that caught my eye right away was this recipe for his grandmother's candied yams.

dish of candied yams with orange slices and cinnamon sticks

Table of Contents
  • 📋 Grocery List
  • 🍠 Can I Use Canned Yams?
  • 🍽 More Recipes with Yams
  • Recipe Card

Yams is another word for sweet potatoes, generally a term used in the South.  Candied yams...well... you can probably figured out that this title promotes an even sweeter, more rich, version of sweet potatoes.

📋 Grocery List

I love the presentation of this. Slicing the potatoes rather than mashing them up, and then garnishing with the cinnamon sticks and orange slices creates a rather beautiful side dish for your holiday spread.  Your guests will be pleased with the refreshing citrus surprise with every bite.

Gather these ingredients:

  • Fresh sweet potatoes (3 lb)
  • Orange (1 medium)
  • Unsalted butter (1 cup)
  • Light brown sugar (1 cup)
  • Cinnamon sticks (3 ct.)
  • Ground nutmeg
  • Salt

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🍠 Can I Use Canned Yams?

Many of you may be asking, "Are yams and sweet potatoes the same thing?" In a nutshell, the canned yams you see in your grocery store are actually the orange sweet potatoes. So in this case, YES, they are the same thing. However, I do not suggest using the canned variety for this recipe since they are already cooked and would be too mushy to slice.

sliced sweet potatoes with orange slices and cinnamon sticks

🍽 More Recipes with Yams

  • Sweet Potato Marshmallow Casserole
  • Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Streusel Topping
  • Sweet Potato Pie Doughnuts

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Candied Yams

These candied yams are sliced sweet potatoes with brown sugar and spices baked with orange slices and cinnamon sticks. Easy AND impressive!
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time1 hr 5 mins
Resting Time15 mins
Total Time1 hr 35 mins
Course: Holiday, Side Dish
Cuisine: American, Southern, Thanksgiving
Keyword: candied yams, sliced sweet potatoes, southern sweet potatoes
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 373kcal
Author: Nikki Gladd

Ingredients

  • 3 lb sweet potatoes , peeled and sliced crosswise in ¼-inch-thick rounds
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 orange , thinly sliced into rounds

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Arrange potato slices in an ungreased 2-quart casserole dish. Overlap slightly and cover the entire dish.
  • In a heavy medium saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Stir in brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, nutmeg and salt. Cook until blended and mixture is creamy. Add orange slices. Pour the mixture over the potatoes, covering entirely.
  • Cover the dish tightly with foil. Bake 45 to 60 minutes, or until fork tender. Remove foil and bake 20 more minutes until the top is golden brown. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

Notes

  • Nutrition information is an estimate only.
  • Source: Tyler Florence, via Better Homes and Garden Magazine, November 2010 Issue

Nutrition

Calories: 373kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 316mg | Potassium: 522mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 19902IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 1mg
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  1. Dena says

    November 24, 2010 at 9:50 am

    I hope you don't mind, but I've borrowed your recipe! (With links to you, of course!)
    https://livingwithlogan.blogspot.com/2010/11/giving-thanks-for-gfcf-feast.html

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  2. KeepItSweet says

    November 17, 2010 at 8:09 pm

    the sliced yams look so nice that way!

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  3. natalie (the sweets life) says

    November 17, 2010 at 1:48 pm

    What a beautiful looking dish! So impressive!

    Reply
  4. ingrid says

    November 17, 2010 at 11:56 am

    I agree it is visually a lovely addition to the table. It doesn't look like it would be sweeter than the traditional marshmallow topped dish.
    ~ingrid

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  5. April says

    November 17, 2010 at 8:53 am

    I am pretty sure that there was a free subscription offer for this mag recently. Not sure where I saw it, but I remember signing up and I got the holiday issue in the mail a week or so ago. Just a heads up-maybe see if you can google it?

    Reply
  6. tryityoumightlikeit says

    November 17, 2010 at 6:57 am

    That is so pretty!

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