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Candied Sweet Potatoes

The Southern Rustic

Sweet potatoes are my favorite vegetable. They just have such nostalgic meaning to me. I love baking them with the skin on and just having them on hand during the week for snacking. They always remind me of my grandmother. She would always have baked sweet potatoes on the stove or in the fridge. I loved going to visit her and just walking into her house and smelling them baking.

My grandmother would serve them with butter and sometimes with brown sugar sprinkled on top. During the holidays she always made some form of baked sweet potato goodness. These candied sweet potatoes remind me of her and how she loved sweet potatoes. I am happy to share this yummy recipe with you.

Let’s get started.

INGREDIENTS:

4 Large Sweet Potatoes – peeled and either sliced into 1/2-inch slices or 1-inch cubes
1 C. Sugar
1 Tbsp. Cornstarch
1/2 Tsp. Cinnamon
1 Tsp. vanilla
1/2 Tsp Kosher salt or 1/4 tsp fine salt
1/2 C. Water
1/4 C. Butter

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350* and grease a 9-inch round baking dish or a 9×9-inch square baking dish.
  2. Add the sweet potatoes to the baking dish and set aside.
  3. In a bowl combine the sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, vanilla, salt, and water. Whisk to combine well.
  4. Pour the mixture over the sweet potatoes evenly. Dot the top of the sweet potatoes with the butter and cover with a lid or foil.
  5. Bake for 30 minutes.
  6. Remove and gently stir the potatoes to make sure all of the potatoes cook evenly.
  7. Place back in the oven uncovered for an additional 20 to 30 minutes or until the potatoes are tender.
  8. Remove and let cool slightly before serving.
  • You can add other spices like cardamom, nutmeg, clove, or allspice to the mix if you like to bump up the flavor. Or add in a bit of pumpkin pie spice if you don’t feel like measuring out different spices. I would use about 1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice.
  • You can double or triple this recipe easily for bigger families or holiday get-togethers. It is always a hit.
  • You can also add 1/2 cup of walnuts or pecans to the mix before the last 30-minute bake time for a nice crunch.
  • Top with a few mini marshmallows for a delectable flavor.
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Hello Everyone! Thank you so much for stopping by. Let me tell you a little bit about me. I am a mom of two, a stepmom of 1, two wild and silly pups, and I have the best husband in the world. I also have a love of cooking and baking. I am always in the kitchen finding new recipes to try, recreating old family recipes, and reminiscing about the old ways. I am vintage at heart and love all things old and cast iron. I love spending time with the family and pups and just going where life takes us. I created my blog a few years ago with my youtube channel because I thought that If I shared a recipe, then people just might like to see just how the recipe is put together. I share all of my family recipes along with today's recipes. Whether it is old-fashioned recipes, sourdough, einkorn, desserts, sheet pan meals, or even crockpot meals, they are all absolutely delicious. I spend hours, if not days, creating and dabbling with recipes to make sure they are the best for you and your family. All of my recipes are family tested and family-approved before they are ever posted to my blog or youtube channel. Every now and again I will share some behind-the-scenes fun and chaos of our creations and family adventures. I hope you all stick around and join us here at The Southern Rustic and see what we cook up in my kitchen. You can find all of my social media information in the Contact/Donate OR the Social Media Accounts tab on my home page. There I have listed my Instagram pages, YouTube channel, Email, and other information so you can easily find everything in one place. I hope that you all have a wonderful, wonderful day and I will see you soon. Sam TheSouthernRustic

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