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MAPLE CANDIED YAMS 
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
4 or 5 large fresh yams or sweet potatoes
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon OR 1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 tsp. freshly grated ginger root
1/2 tsp. sea salt
2 to 2 1/2 cups mini marshmallows (optional)

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Peel yams or sweet potatoes (either may be used). Cut into 1 inch cubes or wedges.

Butter a 9x13-inch baking dish generously.

Arrange yams in baking dish.

In a saucepan, melt butter, and stir sugar until dissolved over medium heat. Add 1/4 cup water and spices.

Bring to a boil, add maple syrup; reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 2 minutes. Pour butter mixture over the yams, turning them over to coat well. Cover the yams tightly with aluminum foil and bake on center rack in oven, basting the potatoes with the butter syrup once or twice during the baking for about 45 minutes or until fork tender.

When the potatoes are done, remove foil. Bake on the upper third of the oven at 475°F until the syrup has thickened and the potatoes are just beginning to caramelize (about 20 minutes - but watch carefully and do not allow them to burn; if they are browning too quickly reduce oven temperature).

Cooks Note: If adding mini-marshmallows, spread them evenly over the top of the potatoes at this time, and broil for 5-10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Baste with additional butter before serving.

Variation: Use honey or Karo syrup instead of the maple syrup; add 1/4 cup frozen orange concentrate. Omit cinnamon; use vanilla.

Submitted by: CM

recipe reviews
Maple Candied Yams
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 Valerie Willingham (United States) says:
Made a few adjustments to it, doubled the batch and added the vanilla and the cinnamon. Not jut one of them. I also used coconut sugar in place of brown sugar. They came out great, will let you know what the crowd thinks of them.
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 Joby (California) says:
This was a fantastic recipe. I added pecans (glazed in the same maple mixture as the recipe), cranberries and raisins and it was a hit. Thank you!
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 Tina (Florida) says:
I HATE sweet potatoes, but made this dish for our newly adopted teenager last year....OMG - AMAZING!! This is now something we will make every year! Excellent!!
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 Mark (Texas) says:
Used this one for 3 years now. Awesome, must use real maple syrup.
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 Sandy (United States) says:
I made these Maple candied sweet potatoes last Thanksgiving & everyone loved them so I'm making them again this year to take to a different gathering! Very good.
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 Sue Slusar (Ontario) says:
Very good! However, I found that the dish cooked much quicker than the recipe stated. I baked it at 350°F for approx. 20 minutes. I didn't thicken the sauce after baking because the sweet potatoes were quite soft, and I didn't want them to cook longer. Not sure if this was a result of using sweet potatoes rather than yams.
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 Wendy (California) says:
I read the review that said that the husband didn't like yams. The wife made this recipe and the husband actually ate and enjoyed the yams! Well, that was good enough for me to try this recipe. I made the candied yams for Thanksgiving. Everyone loved the yams. I asked my college-aged son, "Which food did you like the best?". Not knowing I made the yams, he said, "The yams." And if that wasn't enough, my picky mom said, "Your yams came out really good."

Well, this recipe now is a keeper in my book for Thanksgiving holidays now. I didn't add the marshmallows because that would have been too sweet for my family. I baked my yams at 375 degrees Fahrenheit uncovered for over an hour. I used 5 medium-sized yams and cut them 1/2-inch circles. I flipped the yams over half way though. Using a spatula to flip them over helped the yams to not get smashed. Also, in the oven, I put the baking dish on the lower level to keep the yams from burning. They key of making these yams good is making sure the syrup gets thickened by the higher heat (375°F), with cooking the yams for a longer period of time (about 1 hour 20 minutes) in the oven. And though the glass casserole pan is hard to clean afterwards, I just let it soak over night and wash it in the morning.

 

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