 Hi, my name is Andrea with Foodimentary Adventures in Food, and today I'm sharing a recipe for one of my favorite side dishes, sweet potatoes, also known as candied yams. Whatever you call them, they're absolutely delicious. And the best thing about this recipe is that I make them in a skillet on a stove top so it only takes about 30 minutes. So let's get started. For this recipe, you're going to need unsalted butter. Now, if you want to balance some of the sweetness from the sugar, definitely feel free to use salted butter. You're also going to need cinnamon, nutmeg, brown and white sugar. And you're also going to need about four medium sweet potatoes. And I will make sure to leave the recipe with exact measurements in the description box. So the first thing I'm gonna do is peel my sweet potatoes. All right, so I've got my potatoes all rinsed off. I cut out the bad pieces. I've got my cutting board ready. And what I like to do is put a jar opener right underneath my cutting board. And that kind of helps it keep from sliding all over the place. Now what you're gonna do is just cut your sweet potatoes into slices, try to make them as even as possible. If you want your sweet potatoes thicker than this, feel free to do so, but please be aware that it is gonna take them longer to cook. So I've got my cast iron skillet heating up and I'm just going to add my stick of butter. And I am just going to let this melt completely. Now you don't have to use a cast iron skillet. I just like the way it cooks. Use whatever you have. So my butter is melted. Now I'm gonna carefully add in my sweet potatoes. So I'm gonna add in my white sugar and my brown sugar. Gonna add in a little bit of water. And I'm going to add in my cinnamon. Add as much cinnamon and nutmeg as you'd like. And my nutmeg. I'm gonna get this to stir. And I've got this on a medium heat. I'm gonna let these cook. And I'm gonna stir this every five minutes or so. Okay, so it's been about 15 minutes and I have been stirring these potatoes every five minutes. As you can see, they've started to cook down and that sugar mixture is starting to get nice and dark, which is what we are looking for. The potatoes aren't quite ready. Probably have another 20 or so minutes to go. Okay, so I let the potatoes continue to cook for another 20 minutes. And as you can see, they are fork tender. The last 10 minutes, I did cover my pan to let those potatoes kind of steam a little bit. I do like my potatoes really soft. So I've turned off the burner. I'm gonna take the pan off the heat. I'm gonna let these cool for just a little bit. And then I'll show you what it looks like when that sauce has thickened up. All right, so I've been letting these potatoes cool for about 10 minutes and that sauce is thicker and it's still thickening up. This is such an easy recipe. I really hope you all enjoyed it. If you did, please make sure to give us a thumbs up. And if you have not subscribed to our channel, we'd certainly love to have you. Thanks so much for watching and we'll see you all next time.