My honey kept asking for candied yams with the orange juice syrup and marshmallows. I couldn't find a recipe, so I made one up. Learn how to make these yams here — I must say they came out mighty fine!
Ingredients
- ½ pounds yams: 2 piece
- butter: 2 Tbsp
- brown sugar: 2 cups
- orange juice: 1 cup
- ground nutmeg: 1 tsp
- marshmallows: 3 cups
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
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Roast whole yams in the preheated oven until heated through but not quite tender, 35 to 40 minutes. Allow to cool.
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Reduce the oven heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir brown sugar, orange juice, and nutmeg with the melted butter to dissolve the sugar completely; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook until the liquid thickens into a syrup, 10 to 15 minutes.
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Peel cooled yams. Cut yams into bite-sized chunks; arrange in a single layer in a 13x9-inch baking dish. Drizzle syrup over the yams.
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Bake in the preheated oven, twice opening the oven to spoon syrup over the yams, until the chunks are fork-tender, about 35 minutes. Arrange marshmallows over the yams and continue baking until the marshmallows are puffy and browned, about 10 minutes more.
