Candied Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 pounds sweet potatoes, quartered
- 1 1/4 cups margarine
- 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
- 3 cups miniature marshmallows, divided
- ground cinnamon to taste
- ground nutmeg to taste
Directions
step 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
step 2: Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add potatoes and boil until slightly underdone, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and peel.
step 3: In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine margarine, brown sugar, 2 cups marshmallows, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cook, stirring occasionally, until marshmallows are melted.
step 4: Stir potatoes into marshmallow sauce. While stirring mash about half of the potatoes, and break the others into bite-sized chunks. Transfer to prepared dish.
step 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 golden brown.
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