Candy Sweet Potatoes
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Peel the large sweet potatoes.
- 2Slice the peeled sweet potatoes into approximately half-inch chunks.
- 3Rinse the sliced sweet potatoes.
- 4Add the rinsed sweet potatoes to a pot.
- 5Add butter, sugar, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and salt to the pot with the sweet potatoes.
- 6Put the pot on low heat and let the sweet potatoes cook until they are fork-tender.
- 7Alternatively, place the sweet potatoes in a baking dish and layer them with brown sugar, regular sugar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, salt, and orange juice.
- 8Cover the baking dish loosely with foil and bake in a 375-degree oven.
- 9After about 30 minutes, collect some of the leftover juice from the baked sweet potatoes.
- 10Pour the collected juice into a saucepan.
- 11Add a little bit of cornstarch to the juice in the saucepan and mix it all up.
- 12Cook the mixture in the saucepan until it gets nice and thick to create the glaze.
- 13Pour the glaze all over the candied sweet potatoes after they come out of the oven and are fork-tender.
Ingredients
- Sweet potatoes
- Butter
- Sugar
- Brown sugar
- Nutmeg
- Cinnamon
- Vanilla extract
- Salt
- Orange juice
- Cornstarch
Equipment
KnifeCutting boardColanderPotStoveBaking dishFoilOvenSaucepanSpoon
Tips
- Ensure all sweet potato chunks are evenly sized before rinsing.
- The glaze can also be used on wings.
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