What’s the difference, plus recipes.

Sweet potato recipes vs yams. The fact that yams and sweet potatoes are mislabeled on cans and in recipes can cause a lot of confusion. It can be anything from a neutral white or yellow, to a more vibrant purple or pink depending on the maturity of the yam. The fruit of each can be used as slips to sprout new sweet potato and yam plants, making them prolific and fruitful harvest crops.

A yam comes from the dioscoreaceae family, and sweet potatoes come from the convolvulaceae family (aka the family of morning glories). Web the difference between yams and sweet potatoes. Yams are much drier and have a starchier texture.

What you've been calling a yam is most likely a sweet potato. In a medium saucepan, add the drained can of yams, butter, sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Yams require more oil, cream, or butter when cooked and are generally more starchy than the modern sweet potato, bauer says.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees f. Web yams are starchier and less sweet than the sweet potato and can grow much larger. Web generally speaking, if you're reading a recipe (from sweet potato pie to candied yams, pictured above) and everything in between), it means you can pick up sweet potatoes to make it —.

But the skin of a sweet potato is smooth and delicate, making it easier to peel. Sweet potatoes have slightly more fiber and protein than yams, as well as more calories, fat and carbs. Turns out, there's a big difference between the two vegetables.

A sweet potato is a root. Web their tapered tubers have relatively thin, edible skins and sweet flesh that ranges from white to orange and purple. Getty images (2) yams, sweet potatoes;