Need help making candied yams

candied yams really are very simple to make. If your doing it from a can drain off the water or juice. Put the yams in a baking dish sprinkle with some brown sugar and dot with some butter. A lot of people the cover the yams with pecan or walnut and marshmellows. Personally since the yan or sweet potato is usually sweet any way I like to just cook them freash by baking them in the skin because I have bad hands so peeling them is very difficult. Any way I bake them then remove the skins and mash them with butter and salt and pepper.

My Mother always put them in a saucepan with brown sugar, butter and a little maple syrup and boiled them down until the sugar was very thick. Sweeter than most of the desserts!

i can tell u how i fix mine but i don't measure anything so don't know if i will be much help to u. lol. slice your potatoes, put them in an iron skillet w/a little water, don't cover them w/water. put a little salt. alot of butter & sugar. cover them & cook till tender. remove lid & let them cook down till a syrup forms. they are ready!!

Hithis is a late one, but I take about 1/2 stick of butter and put it in a big skillet and as it starts to bubble (cook on medium, or medium low) Add about 1 cup of Brown sugar it will start to thicken, Drain your yams and add them to the candied syrup mixture. You do not want to cook too long since the yams come precooked out of the can because you will end up with mush. You might try this on this upcomming holiday season. They are really good this way.