Slow Cooker Candied Yams

🧂 Ingredients

• 40 oz canned yams
• ¼ cup butter

  (½ a stick)
• ¼ cup light brown sugar

  (packed)
• 1 tablespoon molasses
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves

  (or allspice)
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 ½ cups mini marshmallows

  (optional)

Instructions

• 1 Open your 40 oz canned yams and drain out the liquid. Cut any large yams into
  smaller pieces, if desired. Melt your ¼ cup butter in the microwave in short
  20-second increments.
• 2 Add all of the ingredients besides the marshmallows to your slow cooker (yams,
  melted butter, ¼ cup light brown sugar, 1 tablespoon molasses, ½ teaspoon
  cinnamon, ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves, and 1 pinch salt). Mix gently.
• 3 Cook on high for 1-2 hours or on low for 2-3 hours.
• 4 At the end of the cooking time, add the 1 ½ cups mini marshmallows (if using)
  and heat for 15 more minutes. Then set the slow cooker to warm (*see note) and
  serve.

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