4 April, 2022
Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes
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Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes
Notes
OPTIONAL FOR EXTRA SWEET: Remove from the oven, and coat the top of the potatoes with about 1 ea. cup of miniature marshmallows. Return the potato mixture to the oven and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until marshmallows are golden brown.
Ingredients
- 2 ea. cups brown sugar
- 1 ea. cup of butter
- 6 ea. lg. sweet potatoes
- 1 ea.tsp. cinnamon
- 1 ea. tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1 ea. pinch of salt
- 1 ea. tbsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- Add potatoes and boil until slightly underdone, about 15 minutes. Drain and cool.
- In a saucepan over medium heat melt butter
- Blend into the butter brown sugar, nutmeg, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt.
- Spray a 9”x13” baking dish with cooking spray. Add potatoes and roughly mash about ½ of the potatoes.
- Pour the liquid mixture over potatoes and bake for approximately 15 minutes.
- OPTIONAL FOR EXTRA SWEET: Remove from the oven, and coat the top of the potatoes with about 1 ea. cup of miniature marshmallows. Return the potato mixture to the oven and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until marshmallows are golden brown.