Watch me make these candied yams from start to finish!

Growing up, a holiday meal just wasn’t quite the same without a pan of these southern baked candied yams. Whenever we’d have new people over for Sunday dinner they’d always comment on how delicious the candied yams were. Everybody wanted to know “the secret”.

The secret wasn’t really anything major, as with most recipes. It was just slow cooking them in a candied mixture of butter, sugar, whipping cream, maple, vanilla, and warm spices. That slow baking time really allows them to bask in that yummy, syrupy mixture until it is sweetened all the way through. The results? Heavenly candied yams that would put many restaurant versions to shame!

I’m so excited to share this recipe with you all. Now it does take a tiny bit more work to prepare than my weekday candied yams version, but it’s so simple and so worth it!!

If you’re a candied yam lover then you will adore the taste of these sweet, buttery, cinnamony baked yams!