Candied Sweet Potatoes
Candied Sweet Potatoes is an easy side dish recipe that tastes like a dessert. Tender sweet potato rounds are covered in a rich, buttery glaze. It’s so decadent!
Candied Sweet Potatoes
This recipe could easily double as a dessert. I have it labelled as a side dish since that is how I typically serve sweet potatoes. It’s not traditional for a dessert, but, hey, whatever works. It’s like sweet potatoes covered in a butterscotch sauce. I’m not even joking.
If you like Sweet Potato Pie, you will like this recipe. Even my friend who isn’t that fond of sweet potatoes said this recipe was the bomb. She took home a helping in a plastic container because she liked it so much.
Is it the healthiest recipe? No….but a little indulgence is ok in my books. My family agrees, too.
Side dish or dessert? You decide. Either way, you are in for a real treat.
How to Make Candied Sweet Potatoes
This recipe involves a little prep work. You need to peel and cook 6 sweet potatoes before you start. I boiled mine on the stove until they were fork-tender. Let the potatoes cool before you cut them into 1/2 inch rounds and then arrange in a 3 quart casserole dish.
To make that luscious sweet sauce, you need to add butter, sugar, water and salt to a small saucepan and heat to boiling. Then, boil for 5 minutes, stirring often.
I recommend you wait to cook the sauce until the potatoes are ready to go into the oven. If you let the sauce cool too much you won’t be able to pour it over the potatoes.
Tip: don’t let the sauce cook too long or you will end up with fudge.
Pour the sauce over the sweet potatoes arranged in the casserole dish.
Bake for 45 minutes at 350F, uncovered. Serve hot and enjoy every mouthwatering bite!
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Sweet Potato Recipes
I have a few more sweet potato recipes for you to try if you are a fan!
- Sweet Potato Pie: Creamy and sweet! Try as an alternative to the more traditional pumpkin pie.
- Sweet Potato Casserole: This simple Thanksgiving side dish is dessert-like! The filling is creamy and sweet and the topping adds an extra bit of flavour and crunch.
- Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes: Creamy and rich made with maple syrup and cream cheese. One of my fave sides!
- Sweet Potato & Five Spice Muffins: These remind me a little of pumpkin spice muffins! Delish!
- Sweet Potato Home Fries: A mouthwatering side dish with only three ingredients: sweet potatoes, bacon and green onions!
Have you tried Candied Sweet Potatoes before?
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 6 medium sweet potatoes cooked
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup water
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cut cooled sweet potatoes into ½ inch rounds and arrange in a 3-quart casserole dish.
- Add butter, sugar, water and salt to a small saucepan and heat to boiling. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring often. Pour glaze over sweet potatoes.
- Bake for 45 minutes, uncovered. Serve hot.
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This is so much like my Mom’s recipe, she would bake her sweet potatoes, then in a sauce pan, 1/3 cup of water, 1/2 cup each granulated and brown sugar, bring to a boil, then pour over peeled and cut sweet potatoes. Dot with butter and sprinkle with a bit of cinnamon and bake for about 20-25 mins. @ 400* F. so good.
I first encountered this recipe in a Betty Crocker Cookbook I received as a wedding present in 1960 but they
called for just cooking them on top of the stove. In fact the dish was named “Top Of The Stove Candied Sweet Potatoes”. For holiday dinners I needed the top of my stove for other things so I started to bake them in the oven, HOWEVER, I also quickly stopped precooking the sweet potatoes because it took too much time and effort when cooking a big holiday dinner. I started just peeling the potatoes, halving or quartering them (depending on their size), putting them in a casserole where I had already melted the butter, mixed in the brown sugar and salt and just added enough water to cover the potatoes and baked them until fork tender. Needless to say I also stopped measuring anything (using enough butter and brown sugar and potatoes) depending upon how many were coming to dinner, No one ever said they tasted any different
I made these for Thanksgiving and they were absolutely wonderful. They were a bit hit. This is the recipe I have been looking for and it is the only one I will use going forward. Thanks!
Instead of water, I use pineapple juice or orange juice, a little cinnamon and 1/2 tsp vanilla.
I also use the pineapple juice for this recipe. Then I dot the sweet potatoes with crushed pineapple and cook. 5 minutes before they’re done, I add a bag of mini marshmallows to the entire dish of potatoes. Resume cooking until marshmallows are melted and golden brown. It’s always a big hit.
I just made them! disappointed again! No beautiful glaze, just A water bath! I measured the ingredients? I used 1 cup of brown suger and a half cup of white, its sweet enough, I tried to cover the potatoes with pineapple juice, so I may have used to much liquid but otherwise wouldnt cover, I even added cornstarch M to the glaze while cooking it N on stove, I really dont know what went wrong ow I need a trick to thicken it from here because its delicious and tasty. Any Ideas?
Can you used canned?
I make this same recipe but I layer sliced apples in between layers of sweet potato. It’s delicious!
I like that idea! I’m making it right now.
My Mama made her sweet potatoes like this, amazingly delicious
This candied sweet potatoes recipe makes my mouth water just looking at those photos. It is my once a year treat! Can’t wait to try this version.
Can this be made and cooked day before and then heated up?
I’ve made it where I’ve cooked the sweet potatoes ahead of time and then just did the glaze and baking before serving. It should be ok I think!
These were amazing. Everyone loved the taste. I will be making again. Thanks for the recipe.
My grandma would boil the sweet potatoes then peel them slice of hem fry them in brown sugar and butter till brown then put in baking dish and bake for About 30 minutes
To add a little spark, I add about 1/4 teaspoon of finely chopped candied ginger. Really perks it up!