Thursday, November 22, 2007

How we made candied yams for Thanksgiving

preheat oven to 350 degrees

8 big taters precious, skinned, cubed, and lightly boiled (stop just before completely soft or cooked)
add taters to baking dish
lightly sprinkle with all spice and heavily sprinkle with cinnamon
add 2 caps of nilla extract
stir ingredients
heavily sprinkle with brown sugar
chop 1/2 cup stick of butter and distribute evenly among taters
layer with mini mellows (half a bag)
layer with mini mellows again (the other half of the bag)
cook in oven preheated to 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until mellows have melted

Edit:
This went over very well. It tasted great. Everyone loved it. If I were to do it again I would go a little lighter on the butter, nilla, and cinnamon, but not much. Also, the second layer of marshmallows could possibly be added after the dish is removed from the oven, as it was still very hot for quite some time, the mellows continued to melt, resulting a lot of lost mellow coating. Still tasted great and sticky, but I wanted a nice white blanket to cover the yams, so if you added the second layer after it was removed, they would melt just enough to create that great sticky layer I was after, I think. I will try it next time I make this dish.

Happy Holidays!

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