Kari's Recipes

Candied Sweet Potatoes – Kari’s

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Recipe Details

Cook Time: 30 Minutes
Ingredients:
  • 4 lbs sweet potatoes, quartered
  • 1 ¼ cups butter
  • 1 ¼ cups brown sugar
  • 3 cups miniature marshmallows, divided
  • cinnamon
  • nutmeg

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400°. Grease 9×13 baking dish.
  2. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add potatoes and boil until slightly underdone. About 15 minutes. Drain, cool and peel.
  3. In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, brown sugar, 2 cups marshmallows, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cook, stirring occasionally, until marshmallows are melted.
  4. Stir potatoes into marshmallow sauce. While stirring, mash about half of the potatoes, and break the others into bite-size chunks. Transfer to prepared dish.
  5. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cover top evenly with remaining marshmallows. Return to oven and bake until marshmallows are a golden brown.