Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2011

Voted the best dish on the plate last night! This is the first time that I made this dish and it was a hit! I read several reviews and reduced the water to a minimum...next time I will not add the water at all. I also placed the yams in a baking dish, added mini-marshmellows and baked it until the marshmellows were golden brown. EVERYONE raved about the yams!!!

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ACURLAND

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2011

Loved them! They do live up to there name YUMMY and CANDIED. Keep the word Candied in mind. It is suppose to be sweet.

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AMYNJOHN36

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Mechanic Falls, Maine, USA

Living In: Hanceville, Alabama, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2010

Just great, first dish gone. Did use 1 cup of brown sugar & 1 cup white. Did not use any water. Microwaved the potatoes for 8 minutes first.\ then peeled and cubed.

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cookerman

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2010

These were quite delicious! I followed some of the other reviewers advice and only used enough water to coat the bottom of the pan, used 1 cup of white sugar and 1 cup of brown sugar instead of 2 cups white, and added 2 teaspoons cinnamon and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. After the 40 minutes on the stove, I took out all the potatoes and simmered the syrup for about 10 - 15 more minutes to thicken it. After that I poured the syrup onto the potatoes, covered them up, and brought them over for Thanksgiving! I thought they were good and the family gave positive reviews!

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Kevin

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Plymouth, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2010

This was great...I was in a hurry so I parboiled the potatoes for about five minutes while I prepared the syrup mixture...I decreased the water, added a splash of orange juice and about 2t of cinnamon to the syrup and, while the syrup was a little watery (probably because mine only cooked for 15 minutes), the potatoes were delicious!

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Elisabeth

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lansing, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2010

these yams turned out perfectly. I omitted the water. I peeled and sliced buttered my pot layered potatoes and did everything else w/out water YUMMM

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TriceyDrink

Reviewed: May 4, 2010

Thank you so much for this recipe. I have never made candied yams or eaten candied yams not even from a can. But my hubby loves them and I was making them for him for the very first time the other night. This recipe was a great help. I did made some modifications. I didn't add any water, only the butter, I added the sugar, some vanilla, nutmeg and cinamon. It was great. My family and friends were literally asking for more, but I didn't have enough for so many repeats!

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scarlett_1121

Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2009

Not bad! it was actually pretty good,however, a tad too sweet and syrupy. I guess next time I won't add so much water and maybe use a little less sugar :) overall, very good.

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Shannon

Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2009

Nice recipe; I used orange juice instead of water. and added chopped pecans. I parboiled the yams and then put them in the oven covered, then took the foil off for 15 minutes. Tender and delicious!

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Jan

Reviewed: Oct. 4, 2009

To many adjustments were needed for my taste. The potatos' were boiled for 15-20 minutes and cut into a baking dish. I cooked on the stove top 1/2 stick of butter 2 teaspoons of vanilla, used 1 cup of brown sugar and 1 cup of white sugar, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and a tablespoon of molasses. This warm sauce was poured over the potatos' and placed in the oven for 30 minutes at 375. The recipe I tried as written and was very bland. That maybe just to me!

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