How to Make: Candied Sweet Potatoes

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar offers a lower glycemic index.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option.

mini marshmallows

🥗Healthier: toasted pecans

💰Cheaper: regular marshmallows

Pecans add crunch and flavor without added sugar.

cinnamon

🥗Healthier: pumpkin pie spice

💰Cheaper: allspice

Pumpkin pie spice adds a warm flavor profile.

Peel and slice sweet potatoes into rounds.

Mix 1 cup of sugar with 2 tablespoons of cinnamon and 1 tablespoon of nutmeg in a bowl.

Cut a stick of butter in half, then slice it into smaller pieces.

Place four pieces of butter in the bottom of a pot, arranging them in a north-south-east-west pattern.

Layer sweet potato slices in the pot, placing larger pieces towards the back.

Sprinkle a layer of the cinnamon sugar mixture over the potatoes.

Add another layer of butter in the same north-south-east-west pattern.

Drizzle vanilla extract and lemon extract over the layers.

Repeat the layering process until all ingredients are used, ensuring to add sugar, butter, and extracts with each layer.

Do not add any water to the pot; only a small amount of water is needed when adding cornstarch later.

Cook the potatoes on low heat for about one hour.

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