Recipe For Candied Sweet Potatoes Using Karo Syrup

Boil gently 30 45 minutes or until potatoes can be easily pierced with the tip of a sharp knife.

Recipe for candied sweet potatoes using karo syrup. Candied yams are on their face very simple. The funny thing is that despite this overall simplicity after all the only components are the sweet potatoes and the syrup my testing led me to deviate from almost every other version of this recipe i ve seen. Sweet potatoes cooked with a spiced and buttery syrup.

Preheat oven to 350 f. You can use light or dark karo syrup and light or dark brown sugar. Cover and bring to a boil.

The fact is what makes a delicious southern candied sweet potato is the sweet syrup mixture composed of butter and sugar that gets doused over the slices of sweet potatoes. Arrange sweet potato slices in 11 x14 casserole dish. Peel the sweet potatoes and slice into 1 slices.

A must make for the holidays. Then add sliced sweet potatoes to hot syrup. Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat.

While potatoes cool preheat oven to 375. Buttery sweet and packed with flavor. Place sweet potatoes in prepared baking dish.

Cook over low heat. In a bowl stir together karo syrup sugar cinnamon nutmeg and vanilla. It takes at least an hour and a half to 1 hour 45.