Holiday Cooking & Baking Recipes: ‘Ol No. 7 Yams Recipe | Easy Christmas Dinner Sweet Potatoes

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil adds a unique flavor while reducing saturated fat.

mini marshmallows

🥗Healthier: toasted coconut flakes

💰Cheaper: regular marshmallows

Toasted coconut provides a crunchy texture and is often less expensive.

Peel sweet potatoes.

Cut sweet potatoes into about one-inch slices.

In a pot, add brown sugar, a cinnamon stick, fresh-grated nutmeg, butter, and water.

Cook the mixture for about 45 minutes to reduce it into a thick syrup.

Add bourbon to the syrup (optional).

Place the sweet potatoes in a deep baking dish, ensuring they are close together.

Pour the thickened syrup over the sweet potatoes.

Bake in the oven at 350°F until the sweet potatoes are candy-like and heated through, checking periodically.

Serve warm, optionally with orange rind on top.

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