Bourbon Candied Yams
These bourbon candied yams are super tender and packed with flavor! Made with sugar, butter, pecans, bourbon, and a few other ingredients!
Servings: 8
Equipment
- 9x13 baking dish
Ingredients
- 2 ½ lbs yams or sweet potatoes peeled and sliced into 1-inch slices
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup pecans chopped
- 1 tablespoon bourbon or to taste
- ⅛ teaspoon salt or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Scrub the yams clean, peel, and cut into 1-2 inch slices.
- Place the sliced yams and pecans in a 9x13 baking dish and set aside.
- To make the glaze, place the butter, nutmeg, cinnamon, white sugar, brown sugar, honey, and salt in a saucepan and cook over medium-high heat.
- When the mixture thickens and starts to bubble, turn the heat off and stir in the vanilla extract and bourbon.
- Pour the glaze all over the yams, cover, and cook for 40 minutes.
- Uncover and baste the yams with the glaze. Cook for an additional 1 hour uncovered, basting every 15-20 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- I like my yams very tender, so instead of boiling them, I baked them for almost two hours. This recipe isn’t quick and easy, it’s more of a slow-cooked dish, but it’s definitely worth the wait!
- Baste the yams about every 20 minutes so they don’t dry out.
- Slice the yams into equal slices so they cook evenly.
Nutrition
Calories: 331kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 123mg | Potassium: 522mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 45g | Vitamin A: 20285IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 1mg