Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2008

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!

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Chitowncook

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Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2008

Yummy!

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Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2007

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!

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Jennifer

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Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2007

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!

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Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2007

These are awesome!!

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Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2007

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

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Reviewed: Apr. 9, 2007

Yum. Everyone loved these. Thanks!

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KATEFOODFUN

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Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2007

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

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Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2006

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

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Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2006

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.

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Reviewed: Dec. 3, 2006

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!

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Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2006

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

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2006

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.

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JSmith

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2006

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

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Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2005

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.

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Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2005

overly sweet

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tina

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Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2005

Delicious and super easy!

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Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2005

Great! I made these for Thanksgiving. Everyone liked.

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Kara Butler

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Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2005

These are fabulous! I used half brown sugar. I also added crushed pecans and a few mini marshmellows right at the end becuase my husband wont eat sweet potatoes w/o them!

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Reviewed: Nov. 20, 2005

Excellent recipe! Much easier than the way I made them in the past. I needed a large dutch oven sized pot to cook six sweet potatoes though. I left them in large chunks so they wouldn't disintigrate while cooking. The addition of vanilla is awesome but my family doesn't care for cinnamon and nutmeg in their candied sweet potatoes, so I added the zest of one small orange which added a nice flavor. I've made this twice now, once with the yellow "sweet potatoes" and once with the orange "yams" (though I guess they are all technically yams, my mom swears there is difference and only buys the "sweet potatoes"). The yellow ones came out firmer, the orange yams got mushy.

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