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Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes

Name: Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1/2 cup salted butter; 3/4 cup white sugar; 1/2 cup packed brown sugar; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 5 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/3 to 1/2-inch slices; 1/2 teaspoon salt

Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes are a wonderful fall side dish. Thick sweet potato slices are covered in a butter and sugar mixture and baked until soft.

Prep10 min
Cook1 hr
Total1 hr 10 min
Serves8
Rating4.6

Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes are a wonderful fall side dish. Thick sweet potato slices are covered in a butter and sugar mixture and baked until soft. They are wonderfully sweet and flavored with a little cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and vanilla. They are a welcome addition to a holiday meal or a Sunday supper.

Only a few ingredients are needed to make this southern staple and I love to make them in the fall when sweet potatoes are in season and inexpensive.

Reader Comment

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How To Make

To make Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes, peel and slice 4 to 5 medium to large sweet potatoes. Go ahead and use as many as you can fit in a 9×13-inch baking dish. Leftovers reheat well. You can even eat them for dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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Sprinkle some salt on the sweet potato slices and pour a mixture of melted butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and the spices over them. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven. Spoon the butter sauce all over the tops of the sweet potatoes and pop them back in the oven uncovered for another 30 minutes.

At this point they will be soft and the butter will have begun to caramelize around the edges of the sweet potatoes. They are so sweet and delicious. I especially love how well these sweet potatoes pair with pork.

Storage

Leftovers will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 4 days. reheat in microwave.

More Sweet Potato Recipes

Watch the short video below to see how easy this recipe is to make.

Originally posted September 26, 2018.

Ingredients

Equipment 9x13-inch baking dish

Steps

1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2
Melt butter in a saucepan. Add white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Stir and heat until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat. Add the vanilla extract.
3
Place sweet potato slices in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with salt.
4
Stir vanilla into the butter mixture and pour over sweet potatoes.
5
Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes.
6
Remove pan from oven. Spoon the butter mixture over the potatoes.
7
Place back in the oven UNCOVERED for 30 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories413
Carbs75
Protein4
Fat12
Sodium358
Fiber7
Sugar41