Sweet Potatoes- Candied

By Tdunl

Ingredients

• 4 pounds sweet potatoes, quartered
• 1/2 c salted butter
• 3/4 c brown sugar
• 4 cups miniature marshmallows, divided
• 2 Tbsp cinnamon
• 1/2- 1 Tbsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Chop the sweet potatoes (with the skin still on) into 2" thick circles, and then cut the circles in half, before boiling them in an enormous stockpot-- this makes the boiling time really fast. After they are boiled, the skin practically falls off, which saves you the effort of peeling them beforehand. Add potatoes and boil until slightly underdone, about 15-20 minutes. Drain, cool and peel.
In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, brown sugar, 2 cups marshmallows, cinnamon nutmeg and vanilla. Cook, stirring occasionally, until marshmallows are melted.
Stir potatoes into marshmallow sauce. While stirring mash about half of the potatoes, and break the others into bite-sized chunks. Although chunks are good, the potatoes should still be mashed a little bit while you stir them into the sauce. If you have too big chunks the butter/sugar will not penetrate the center of the chunk.Transfer to prepared dish.
Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cover top evenly with remaining marshmallows. Bake for 10- 15 min or til marshmallows are golden brown.