A classic Southern recipe for baked candied yams, sweet, tender, and perfect for holiday dinners or comforting family meals.

Some recipes just stick with you. For me, it’s my mom’s candied yams, soft sweet potatoes in a buttery brown sugar sauce that caramelizes right on the stovetop. She made them for every holiday, and ...

Serves 6. Recipe is excerpted from “Deep Run Roots, ©2016 by Vivian Howard. Used with permission of Little, Brown and Company, New York. All rights reserved ...