Sides That Free Up the Oven

Candied Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes in a butter and brown sugar syrup. If you want marshmallows, they go on in the last fifteen minutes and not a moment earlier.

What goes in

• 4 lb sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch rounds
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup butter, one stick, cut in pieces
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon · 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg · 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Stir in at the end

• 2 cups mini marshmallows, optional
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans, optional

How to make it

1. Put the sweet potato rounds in the pot.
2. Stir the brown sugar, maple syrup, orange juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt together and pour it over.
3. Dot the butter across the top. Lid on.
4. Low 4 hours or high 2 hours 30, until tender but still holding their shape. Stir once gently halfway if you are around.
5. Stir in the vanilla.
6. Scatter the marshmallows and pecans over, lid on for 15 minutes, then serve from the pot.