Baked Candied Yams Soul Food Style Recipes

BAKED CANDIED YAMS - SOUL FOOD STYLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F.
• Wash the yams.
• Peel, then chop the yams ( make sure that they are about 1/2 inch thick.)
• Place the yams into a 9x13 bake dish.
• Place the butter into a medium sized pot, then melt it over medium heat.
• Once the butter is melted, sprinkle in the white & brown sugar, ground cinnamon,ground nutmeg, ground ginger, and ground clove.
• Turn the stove off, mix the ingredients, then add in the vanilla extract.
• Pour the candied mixture over the yams, and try to coat all the yams with the candied mixture.
• Next, cover the bake dish with foil, then bake the yams in the oven for 30 minutes.
• Remove the yams from the oven, and baste them with the candied mixture.
• Cover the yams, and bake them for another 15-20 minutes.
• Remove the yams from the oven, and let them sit for about 10 minutes before serving.
• Enjoy!

BAKED CANDIED YAMS - SOUL FOOD STYLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F.
• Wash the yams.
• Peel, then chop the yams ( make sure that they are about ½ inch thick.
• Place the yams into a 9x13 bake dish.
• Place the butter into a medium sized pot, then melt it over medium heat.
• Once the butter is melted, sprinkle in the white & brown sugar, ground cinnamon,ground nutmeg, ground ginger, and ground clove.
• Turn the stove off, mix the ingredients, then add in the vanilla extract.
• Next, cover the bake dish with foil, then bake the yams in the oven for 30 minutes.
• Pour the candied mixture over the yams, and try to coat all the yams with the candied mixture.
• Remove the yams from the oven, and baste them with the candied mixture.
• Cover the yams, and bake them for another 15-20 minutes.
• Remove the yams from the oven, and let them sit for about 10 minutes before serving.

KITTENCAL'S LAYERED BAKED CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Set oven 400°F.
• Wrap each yam in foil then prick holes in each.
• Place on a baking sheet and bake until just fork tender (do not overbake) this should take anywhere from 1 to 1-1/2 hours depending on the size of the yams.
• Carefully remove the foil and allow the yams to cool completely (this may be done up to 1 day ahead).
• Using fingers remove the skins from yams.
• Slice into about 1-inch slices crosswise.
• For the topping; in a bowl combine the brown sugar, soft butter, nuts and pumpkin pie spice; using your fingers mix until crumbly.
• Butter a 9 x 9-inch baking pan.
• Layer half of the sliced yams into bottom of the dish, then sprinkle with half of topping.
• Layer the remaining yams on top then sprinkle the remaining half of the topping on top.
• Bake at 400°F until the topping melts and is bubbling (about 20 minutes).