Candied Yams
Sweet potato slices baked with spiced brown sugar, butter and orange juice — about 79 calories per quarter-cup serving.
Sodium is calculated without salt added to taste.
Estimated; may vary.
Candied yams in a lighter form: boiled sweet potato sliced and layered with a spiced brown sugar mix, dotted with a little butter and baked with orange juice for 20 minutes. A quarter-cup serving comes to about 79 calories with 1.5 g of fibre, far less than the marshmallow-topped version.
Boil the sweet potatoes only until a knife meets slight resistance, about 20 minutes for halves. Fully soft potatoes fall apart when sliced and turn to mush in the oven. Peel while still warm, slice a quarter inch thick and layer them so the sugar sits between the slices.
This is a holiday side that scales easily and can be assembled a day ahead and baked before serving. Pair it with roast turkey, ham or pork. A splash of the orange juice over the top after baking brightens it, and a pinch of ground ginger in the sugar mix works well.
Ingredients
- Sweet Potatoes1/4 cup, boiled and sliced (33 g)
- Brown sugar2 teaspoons, packed (9 g)
- Wheat Flour (All-Purpose, Enriched)1/6 teaspoon, pinch (0.5 g)
- Salta pinch
- Ground cinnamona pinch
- Ground nutmega pinch
- Grated orange peela pinch
- Butter (Stick, Unsalted)1/6 teaspoon, or margarine (1 g)
- Orange Juice (No Pulp)4 teaspoons (21 g)
- Slice the sweet potatoes evenly so every layer softens at the same rate.
- Grate only the orange zest, not the white pith, which turns the sugar mix bitter.
- Cool leftovers and refrigerate within 2 hours; they keep 4 days and reheat covered at 325°F.
- Contains: milk (butter), wheat (flour).
- Use a plant-based spread for dairy-free and cornstarch in place of the flour for gluten-free; neither changes the result.
Method
- Wash your hands and all surfaces before you start.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Halve the sweet potatoes and boil about 20 minutes, until tender but firm.
- When cool enough to handle, peel and slice 1/4 inch thick.
- Mix the brown sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and orange peel.
- Lay half the slices in a baking dish, sprinkle with half the sugar mix and dot with half the butter.
- Add the remaining slices, sugar mix and butter, then pour the orange juice over.
- Bake uncovered 20 minutes, until bubbling.
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