Best Sweet Potato Holiday Recipe

yams

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: regular potatoes

Sweet potatoes are more nutritious, while regular potatoes are often less expensive.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index, while white sugar is usually cheaper.

Peel the sweet potatoes, removing the starchy white layer to reveal the orange flesh.

Cut the sweet potatoes into 1/2 inch rounds, then chop larger pieces in half to create half moons.

Choose a pot with a large surface area for boiling the sweet potatoes.

Melt a whole bunch of butter in the pot.

Add brown sugar and white sugar to the melted butter and mix until combined.

Add the zest of half an orange and the juice from that same orange to the mixture.

Stir in cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger, all spice, vanilla extract, and salt, mixing well.

Add the sweet potatoes to the pot and toss them in the sauce.

Cover the pot with a lid and cook on medium heat for about 15 minutes to soften the sweet potatoes.

After 15 minutes, remove the lid and check the sweet potatoes; they should be halfway cooked.

Continue cooking without the lid for about 10 minutes to thicken the sauce, tossing occasionally.

Check the sauce's thickness; it should be thicker than maple syrup but not too thick.

If the sweet potatoes are done but the sauce is too loose, scoop out the sweet potatoes and reduce the sauce until it thickens like caramel.

If the sauce is too thick, add a little water to thin it out.

Serve the candied yams and enjoy.

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