Angela's Double Marshmallow Candied Yams

Angela's Double Marshmallow Candied Yams

If you've never made it, candied yams is an easy, not time-consuming dish. A great asset to any holiday meal. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Prep15 min
Cook1 hr
Total1 hr 15 min
Servings6
Difficultyeasy
Gluten-FreeVegetarianSidesVegetables

Ingredients

  • 229 oz. cans yams (drained)
  • 10.5 ozbag miniature marshmallows
  • 0.63 cupBrown Sugar
  • 2 teaspoonground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoonnutmeg
  • 0.5 stickbutter
  • 0.5 cupChopped Walnuts

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven at 350°F. Spray 13x9x2 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.

  2. 2

    Pour yams into baking dish. Chop yams to provide even coverage of bottom of pan, but still medium-to-large sized chunks. Sprinkle walnuts, sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon on top of yams. Place pads of butter evenly on top. Sprinkle 1/2 bag marshmallows on top. Place dish in oven for 25 minutes. (Careful not to burn marshmallows). Stir in lightly-browned marshmallows and return to oven for 25 minutes.

  3. 3

    Remove dish and cover again with remaining marshmallows. Turn oven to broil and place pan back in oven for 2-3 minutes, watching carefully not to burn marshmallows. Marshmallows should be lightly browned.