Easy Candied Sweet Potatoes
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Hey Everyone!
This is Christy’s Mama. She’s having a photo shoot today and tomorrow at her house so I thought I’d chime in with one of my recipes while she works on that. If you
are looking for a wonderful, old-fashioned, mouth watering, easy and quick Thanksgiving side, look no further! Here it is and so easy. The best part, no one will believe you are not a top chef in your kitchen.
hold against her is that she calls some of us magnolia mouths because of our southern drawl. But she is so sweet when she says it, you just want to hug her! We all want to grow up to be Susie.
Whenever I am with Susie for any length of time, the conversation always goes to new recipes. We talk back and forth and then promise to email the ones everyone wants. A lot of these exchanges have given me some of my new go to dishes. This is one of those. I bet you are wondering when I am going to tell you what the recipe is….. This is known as the buildup for the suspense. Your mouth should be watering about now. Mine sure is!
Are you ready?
Hold onto your seat!
Drum roll please….candied sweet potatoes!!!!
From a can!
Cooked in the oven!
So easy!
Delicious!
Makes you want to slap yo mama good!!!
Note: Sweet potatoes are a vegetable, no matter how you prepare them, so you can serve them with the meal and then have dessert too!
Now I want you to try these if you are hosting Thanksgiving or need to take a dish to share. Leave your comments and let me know how everyone likes them. If you don’t want to tell everyone how easy they are to make, just smile and say it’s a family recipe handed down through the generations. It’s the truth! You are a part of the Southern Plate family. It was handed down from Susie to me (Mama), then to Christy and then to you, three generations! I’ll make sure Susie reads the comments and you will put a song in her heart. Enjoy! And remember Mama wishes you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving.
You’ll need: Butter, sugar, canned sweet potatoes, and cinnamon.
Christy’s Note: most canned sweet potatoes are labeled yams so just buy those. This is one of those things that drives me slightly bat crazy, because they’re not yams, they’re sweet potatoes. Seriously, if you look on the ingredients of Canned Yams, it says “Sweet potatoes”. But, there are worse things in this world than the continual mislabeling of sweet potatoes so I’ve learned to internalize my annoyance 
Drain sweet potatoes and pour into oven proof casserole dish.
This is a round casserole dish but it holds the equivalent of an 8×8 baking dish.
Sprinkle sugar over sweet potatoes.
Cut up butter and put on top.
Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Place in oven for 35-40 minutes or until syrupy.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 29 oz. can sweet potatoes
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 stick butter or margarine
- 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Drain sweet potatoes and pour into oven proof casserole dish.
- Sprinkle sugar over sweet potatoes.
- Cut up butter and put on top. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Place in oven for 35-40 minutes or until syrupy.
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Love them!
These are easy and delicious
MMMMM My Grandys are going to love this!!!
Got to try this one Mama! Thanks! I love candied yams!!
Try these tonight!
OH YES…sweet potatoes and this much butter can be nothing but delicious!!! Gonna add some lemon to mine as my aunt always did to hers….love the lemon when it candies!!!
Thanks Christy’s Mama!
The easiest and best I’ve ever had!!!!!
These are sooo good. Sometimes I add crushed pineapple in with the sweet potatos and sprinkle the top with marshmallows. Everyone here loves them even the kids. Thanks mama and Susie!
My great nephews just love these. Thanks
Thank you for this recipe…I love the easy ones
Now I know where Christy gets all her southern charm…From her dear, sweet Mama! Thanks to Suzie too for letting you share this with us. (Love the comment about ‘Magnolia Mouth,’ LOL!
My mother made the same recipe and I have made the same recipe for years.
The only difference we used brown sugar instead of white sugar.
Thanksgiving is almost here I could sure use some new things for my kitchen.
Ohhhhh these are so wonderful! I went right to the kitchen and made myself up some! Seriously good, I put white sugar on half of them and on the other half in a separate bowl I used brown sugar just to taste the difference. This was so good I ate it all myself and made something else for dinner for the hubster! Thank you for this recipe, it is now part of my Thanksgiving traditions!
These remind me of the ones that my father-in-law made. The only difference is that he would peel and cut up an orange to add that favor to the “taters”.
Thanks for the reminder and for your good cooking and wonderful tale telling daughter that you have raised.
Been looking for this recipes, my brother loves these potatoes but I didn’t know how to make them. One of his friends mother made them years ago and he bugged me for years to make them for him. Lol now I can.
My family keeps growing so I need new things for my kitchen all the time.
thanks for your sweet gifts!!!!
Yum. My mom used to make candied sweet potatoes often. I made the sometimes, but not too often because of peeling and cutting up the potatoes. This looks great and easy. Trying it soon. Thanks. I enjoy when you give your sweet girl, Christy, a break and share a bit of your sweet self also. Thanks. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
I’ve been making these for years, but like others, I use Brown sugar and top with marshmallows soooo yummy!
Just like my Grandma’s, except hers was half white sugar and half brown sugar….yummmmmmm Thanks for all the great stories and recipes…Keep sharing!!!!!
My Mama always added a little vanilla to hers and she cooked them on top of the stove, but your recipe sounds easier. I’m gonna try it!
Just had knee replacement. Bet winning could bring a smile to my face!
Love this cuz it’s from your Mama!!!
Never been a big sweet potato lover, but I’d love to give them a try. Sounds yummy!
I make something similar on my stovetop, which is lower in calories & much quicker to make. I melt 1-2 tablespoons of butter or margarine in a skillet (size depends on how many cans you use), add canned sweet potatoes, sprinkle brown sugar on top (1/4 C. per small can). Put lid on it and simmer for 5-10 minutes, depending on how thick you want the liquid.
This sounds good and easy, no excuse to not have sweet potato, I think maybe some orange zest….
Already bought my canned yams to try this next Thursday!!!
These look very similar to what my mother used to make – seems like there was also some evaporated milk in hers . . . but you can’t go wrong with sweet potatoes!
looking forward to next thanksgiving tip! cathy vins
Christy, this has nothing to do with the sweet potatoes..(they do sound yummy) just wanted to tell u how much I enjoy ur posts. This will be my second thanksgiving without my mama. Ive been feeling sorry for myself. Tried listening to holiday music, but that made it worse. Got on ur site and couldnt help but smile. You and your mom made my day. Thank you for all you do.
Would like to try your mama’s holiday fruit salad! Cathy Vins
Your blog look is lovely and full of inspiration
Big Hugs to you!
Love them they are delicious!
I am so glad you liked them Diane!!
I made these for Thanksgiving and there was not one crumb left in the dish. Also took this for my office Christmas party and was a big hit – one of the guys wanted to know who made them and said that was the best thing there from a table full of food! Love that they are so easy to make!
What a wonderful comment!! Thank you so much for sharing and I am so glad to hear that the recipe was such a big hit!!
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