Candied Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 pounds sweet potatoes, quartered
• 1 1/4 cups margarine
• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
• 3 cups miniature marshmallows, divided
• ground cinnamon to taste
• ground nutmeg to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• bring a large pot of water to a boil. add potatoes and boil until slightly underdone, about 15 minutes. drain, cool and peel.
• in a large saucepan over medium heat, combine margarine, brown sugar, 2 cups marshmallows, cinnamon and nutmeg. 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. transfer to prepared dish.
• bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. remove from oven and cover top evenly with remaining marshmallows. return to oven and bake until marshmallows are golden brown.