Candied Yams And Apple Recipes

YAM AND APPLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place yams in a large saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook 30 minutes, or until tender but firm. Drain, peel, and cut into 1/3 inch thick slices.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter with the cornstarch and brown sugar. Mix in the apple juice, lemon juice, cinnamon, and allspice.
• Alternate layers of yams and apples in the prepared baking dish. Pour the apple juice mixture over the layers.
• Cover, and bake 1 hour in the preheated oven. Remove cover, and continue baking 30 minutes. Baste frequently with the juices from the pan to prevent drying.

CANDIED YAMS AND APPLE

Steps:

• Peel, slice and boil yams for about 1/2 hour.
• Drain and reserve 1 1/2 cups liquid. Bring liquid to a boil, add sugar, cane syrup, spices, brandy and lemon.
• Reduce heat and cook about 5 minutes.
• Add fruits and simmer another 10 minutes.
• Add corn starch dissolved in a little water, cook for 10 minutes.
• Place yams in a baking dish and poor syrup over them.
• Bake until bubbling.
• Top with marshmallows, if desired, about 5 minutes before removing from oven.
• Sprinkle with pecans after removing from oven.

CANDIED YAM AND APPLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Prepare a day ahead and refrigerate. Cook yams in boiling salted water until tender but not soft. Peel and slice lengthwise. Peel, core and slice apples.
• Arrange potatoes and apples in layers, sprinkling each with sugar, lemon juice, rind, nutmeg and dots of butter. Cover with foil.
• When ready to bake, put covered casserole in preheated 350°F oven for 30 to 45 minutes. Remove foil, turn heat to 400°F and bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Yields: 10 servings.

CANDIED YAMS WITH APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Toss all the ingredients in a large bowl to combine.
• Transfer to a baking dish and bake, stirring occasionally, until yams are tender, about 1 hour.
• Increase oven to 500 degrees and bake until liquid evaporates and yams are browned, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

CANDIED YAMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place sweet potatoes in a medium baking dish. Distribute butter pieces evenly over the sweet potatoes. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Layer with miniature marshmallows.
• Bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are tender and marshmallows have melted.

LOW FAT CANDIED YAMS AND APPLES

Steps:

• Boil sweet potatoes and apples until nearly done in very little boiling water.
• Spray baking dish with fat free cooking spray.
• Place alternate layers of drained sweet potatoes and sliced apples in baking dish.
• Sprinkle with spices.
• Dot with margarine and drizzle with syrup.
• Pour 1/2 cup of apple water over the top.
• Wrap tightly and freeze if preparing a week ahead.
• Bake about 30 minutes or longer if frozen.

CANDIED SWEET POTATOES WITH APPLE

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water; bring to a boil.
• Cover and cook for 10 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain.
• In a bowl, combine the brown sugar, apple juice, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; set aside.
• Arrange cooked sweet potatoes and apple slices in an 8-inch square baking dish coated with non-stick spray. (This is where I would add the dried cranberries too).
• Drizzle brown sugar mixture over the potatoes and apples.
• Bake, covered, at 350 degrees F, for 25 minutes.
• Uncover and continue baking for 20-25 minutes longer, basting occasionally with pan juices.

CANDIED YAM APPLE PECAN BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Empty the 3 cans of yams into an 8x8 baking pan.
• Mix brown sugar in with sauce from the yams.
• Drop the butter onto the top of the yams.
• Slice apples with skin on very, very thin and remove their cores.
• Place the slices on top of the butter and yams.
• Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over the apple slices.
• Sprinkle the chopped pecans evenly over the apples and gently mix everything together as much as possible.
• Cover all ingredients with entire bag of mimi marshmallows.
• Bake at 350 degrees until hot and marsmallow on top are melted and golden brown.
• You may increase amounts to make in larger or smaller pans.

MY GRANDMA'S CANDIED YAMS WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Place the sweet potatoes in a 2-quart baking dish. Set aside.
• In a medium pot, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Add the sugar and stir until smooth. Drain the pineapple in a strainer, reserving the juice. Stir in about half the pineapple and half the pineapple juice; reserve the rest of the pineapple and juice for another use. Stir in the cinnamon, cloves and salt. Bring the mixture to a boil, remove from the heat and add the vanilla extract. Pour the mixture directly over the sweet potatoes.
• Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake until the sweet potatoes are just tender, about 45 minutes. Remove the foil and continue to bake until the sweet potatoes are caramelized, 20 to 25 minutes more.
• Plate and serve immediately. Pour extra sauce from the bottom of the baking dish on top.