Hello high carb day!
Well, I've really outdone myself this time, you guys. I think we all reserve all things Yams/ Sweet Potatoes for Christmas and Thanksgiving, but don't give them much more thought beyond that. I was craving Candied Yams in a huge way and I LOOOOVVVEEE sweet potatoes, but didn't want to have to make a big tray because I knew it'd go uneaten and I can't stand to waste food, thus my Single Portion Candied Yams recipe was born. (Yes, I know yams and sweet potatoes aren't the same thing, but it's my recipe, so that's what I'm calling these. HAHAHA.) These do take some time and depending on heat sources, you will need to watch/ check on them at certain stages, but the good news is, they are great for meal prepping and require very few ingredients. Make these in large batches and refrigerate as many as you need for the week. Then, when you're ready to eat them or prepare them for your lunch that day, all you have to do is throw your Single Portion Candied Yams in the oven, top with marshmallows and broil for a couple of minutes. My grandma gave me the cutest little Temp-tations mini loaf pans for Christmas and I'm not a huge bread maker, nor am I fond of their lack of design selection, but they ended up working out perfectly for my Single Portion Candied Yams! The Temp-tations brand can be really pricey and I'm a big fan of Wilton products so I suggest these affordable mini loaf pans I found on Amazon. Since they are the same size, the macronutrients {listed at the bottom of this page} will be the same. 
Let's get to making these Single Portion Candied Yams, shall we?
What you'll need: Ingredients:
Instructions:
Skin your sweet potato, cut it in half and put your sweet potato in a stovetop save pan. Fill with water to cover half to 3/4 of the sweet potato halves. Cover and boil on high until your sweet potato is "mushy" and you can mash it, similar to a mashed potato, but don't mash it yet! Once your sweet potato is mushy, drain the water and place your cinnamon and butter in the pan with the sweet potato and return it to the stove top on low heat to melt the butter, mashing and stirring the sweet potato to blend with the butter and cinnamon the whole time. Once the butter is fully melted... 
Pour your mixture into your mini loaf pan...
Top your mixture with your marshmallows as shown in the photo below...
This is where the watching part begins. Set your oven to broil. Once heated, place your dish in the oven, not too close to the top, a notch or so above the middle and close your oven. I use my oven light to watch the tops of the marshmallows brown, but if you must have a time estimate (haha) it took about 4 minutes to brown the marshmallows in the photo below. Oven temps and times can vary and broiling is a very quick process, which is why I suggest watching them and make sure you use oven mitts to remove. This will be a HOT dish!
I like my marshmallows a little more burnt, so I left them in for a minute and a half longer after I took this picture: 
I wanted them to be perfect and pretty just for you! (LOL)
This was my finished product:
If you are meal prepping these, I highly suggest this Wilton 4 cavity loaf pan on Amazon. You can line each cavity with non stick parchment paper and transfer to any to-go dish you may need for work or for snacking at home. Using this Wilton 4 cavity loaf pan, the macronutrients for the servings listed below will remain the same. If you decide to go with a different sized pan, the macros will vary.
Truth be told, this Single Portion Candied Yam recipe is huge so it could actually be split into 2 servings, especially if you don't want it to be your whole meal and you want to prepare it with a yummy chicken or something. I've gone ahead and calculated the nutrition facts for both!
For the entire dish: 534 Calories C/ 80.4g F/ 22.4g P/ 4.3g Half portion: 267 Calories C/ 40.2g F/ 11.2g P/ 2.15g It's no secret that sweet potatoes are nutrition powerhouses packed with one of the best carbs your body can eat and cinnamon has health benefits as well, but if you're looking to shave some calories off this dish, you can omit the marshmallows and save 135 calories, which will knock off -33g in carbs for the full serving and -16.5 for the half portion. 
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