This is the only way to make authentic southern candied sweet potatoes. My mother always boiled the sweet potatoes in the skins and always overcooked them. She would then cut them length wise and they would fall apart. When I got older a girlfriend made them this way and I've been making them like this ever since. I omit the cinnamon and use more butter. Most of the time I just layer the ingredients and dot with butter starting with butter on the bottom of a very heavy pan or pot. Calphalon always works for me or a heavy cast iron skillet with a lid. Make sure you turn the fire down real low and watch them carefully. Sweet potatoes always make their own water and with the sugar and butter you never need to add any liquid. The best recipe for sweet potatoes or yams, ever!

Yummy!

Very, very good. Exactly what I was looking for in candied sweet potatoes. Very sweet and rich and tasty. I used the fresh sweet potatoes in the store (the orange ones) and they really cooked up well. My only recommendation is to chunk them or slice them very thick (1/4" or thicker) because they break up too easily otherwise and the presentation is lost. I will DEFINITELY make this again!

I made this with yams instead of sweet potatoes. I didn't have sweet potatoes. My husband and I really enjoyed these. I didn't have to cook them for an hour. Probably only 45 minutes. They were a perfect side dish for our Thanksgiving meal. Thank you for the recipe!

These are awesome!!

These are wonderful. I grew up (and still live) in the South and these are just as I remember.

Excellent. This how sweet potatoes are supposed to be. Y'all with "southern" sweet potatoes they are supposed to be saucy, juicy or runny. So, don't try to boil or get rid of the brown sauce, if you want, just pour some or all of the sauce off. Cut the SWEET POTATOES not YAMS(looks like a sweet potato, but kind of stringy when cooking) in bigger chunks. I have eaten sweet potatoes for years and they are supposed to be SWEET, SAUCY and MUSHY or mashed.

Yum. Everyone loved these. Thanks!

Very Very Good Southern Recipe. Once you have tryed it you will be very picky who cook Yams.

My family went nuts. They said these were the best I have made so far for the holidays. YUM!!

Fantastic! Truly "candied" just like Grandma's. This is a really sweet dish. Not at all like the sweet potatoes you find baked with the marshmallows that people usually call "candied yams". The candying gives them a different texture. These are the real thing, just what I have been looking for! Thanks for sharing, this is a real treasure.

This was perfect for our Thanksgiving feast. Everyone loved them so much, I am now required ot make these from now on. I made a couple of small changes. I used 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup white sugar. I also added about 1/2 cup of a raisin/craisin mix. Thanks so much for sharing!

THESE SWEET POTATOES WERE THE BIGGET HIT I SERVED ON THANKSGIVING.

This was the only new reciped I added to my Thanksgiving dinner. It was a huge hit! I only used 3/4 of the sugar mixture and it was super sweet. The cooking time was nowhere near what the recipe stated but I sliced the potatoes relatively thin. Great recipe. Will use it again.

Everyone loved it! I did half the amount of sugar and used 1/2 brown sugar as others suggested.

This was a really nice recipe. I forgot to put the vanilla in at the end and also put just 3/4 the amount of sugar (half white and half brown) as some of the previous reviews said the recipe might be too sweet. I served this to a bunch of brits that had never had Sweet Potatoes like this and it was a hit!! Oh yes, I also cooked this in the oven in a heavy cast baking pan with foil on top rather than a skillet. I cooked for about 35 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius. I would make this again.