You Have to make these candied sweet potatoes for the big day!! 🍠 INGREDIENTS * 6 medium sized yams peeled and sliced * 1 stick of salted butter * 3/4 cup dark brown sugar * 3/4 cup granulated sugar * 1 tbsp cinnamon * 1/2 tsp ground ginger * 1 tsp ground nutmeg * 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract * 1 1/2 cup mini marshmallows INSTRUCTIONS * Place the peeled and cut yams into a large pot and cover the yams with water. 6 medium sized yams * Place the pot on the stovetop, turn the heat to high, and let

Don't boil your sweet potatoes! Roast them instead. (And skip the cloying marshmallows. Sweet potatoes are plenty sweet on their own.) Culinary production director Wes Martin explains why we prefer the oven to the stove: Boiling draws flavor out of the sweet potatoes and into the water, and that flavor gets washed down the drain. Roasting, however, drives moisture away, concentrating the flavors and caramelizing the natural sugars in the potatoes for a more complex sweetness. The mash then is en