Recipe Candied Sweet Potatoes (Side Dish)

Required Ingredients:

• 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

Preparing/Cooking:

• 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.

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