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Momo's Baked Yams


Recipe Information
Serves/Makes:6

Ingredients
  • 6 large yams
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) concentrated orange juice
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) packed brown sugar
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp (2 ml) allspice
  • 1/8 tsp (1 ml) nutmeg
  • large marshmallows
Preparation
  • Boil yams in large pot of water until fork-tender.
  • Peel the yams.
  • (Now you can go 2 ways, leave them whole or mash them up like potatoes).
  • Blend the rest of the ingredients in a bowl (a large one if you are going to mash).
  • Mashed: With the yams in sauce bowl, mash and blend well.
  • Butter a square baking dish and place mashed yams into dish.
  • Bake for 30 min. @ 400 degrees
  • Place marshmallows to cover yams
  • Bake until marshmallows are toasty (watch closely--they burn fast)and serve.
  • Whole: Cut whole yams in half and place in baking dish
  • Pour sauce over
  • Bake for 30 min @ 400 degrees
  • Serve hot
Comments
Passed down in our family. Definitely a southern U.S dish