Candied Yams Recipe

Candied Yams Recipe: Tender sweet potatoes coated in a buttery, sweet glaze.

By: Chef Charles Nichols

Ingredients:
  • 2 cans Cut Sweet Potatoes, drained (65459)
  • 4 cups Unsalted Butter (417808)
  • 3 cups Granulated Sugar (627877)
  • 2 cups Brown Sugar (628818)
  • 2 tbsp Ground Cinnamon (616524)
  • 2 tsp Ground Nutmeg (621110)
  • 1/2 cup Maple Syrup (631770)
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract (111518)
  • 1 tsp Kosher Salt
Directions:
  1. Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Grease 2 half-size baking pans.
  2. Slice Sweet Potatoes into manageable 1” pieces and place in half pans.
  3. In a large saucepan, slowly melt Butter and whisk in Granulated Sugar until completely dissolved.
  4. Add Maple Syrup, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Vanilla, and Salt to mixture and stir over medium heat until liquid is simmering and slightly thickened.
  5. Pour mixture evenly over the two pans of Sweet Potatoes and gently mix, coating all the Sweet Potatoes being careful not to mash or crush any Sweet Potatoes.
  6. Top with Brown Sugar and bake until edges are brown and Sweet Potatoes are fork tender.

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