Since Thanksgiving was just last week, I have to share about the killer yams I made. (Killer meaning awesome, delicious, delightful, etc. not deadly; because that wouldn’t be a very happy Thanksgiving, now would it.) We spent Thanksgiving with my family this year. My family always seems shocked when I can cook. I think this stems back to my freshman year of college, which greatly affected my view of cooking. Too often I would see young men come lurking around dinnertime looking for free handouts. I wasn’t amused. I was too prideful to follow the old saying that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Plus, being a poor college student, I couldn’t afford it. The only time I made food for young men was for holidays or as a thank you if they helped me out with something. They had to earn their meals from me. (My husband earned many meals by buying me a ring.) Because of my lack of cooking, many assumed it meant I didn’t know how to cook. While I’m not a master of culinary arts, I do know how to follow a recipe.
The yams I made are actually my sister-in-law’s recipe. Instead of the normal marshmallows it has this scrumptious sugary pecan topping. It is like have a pecan pie on top of your yams, it's oh so good. There were members of the family who don’t like pecans and they still enjoyed it. I was pleased. I included the recipe, because I try to be giving like that.
Yams Recipe
4 C mashed sweet potatoes ( You can either use canned or buy yams at the store and then bake them for 1 hr at 400 degrees)
1/2 C sugar
2 TBS Vanilla
4 eggs beaten
1/2 pt. heavy whipping cream
topping
1 C br. sugar
1/2 cup butter softened
1/2 C. bread flour (I have used normal flour and it works as well.)
1 1/4 C Chopped pecans
Grease 2 qt. casserole dish and heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine first 5 ingredients. Mix well. Put in the dish. Mix the topping. Sprinkle on top bake 30 min.
PS We got a Christmas tree yesterday which we lovingly named "Da Baum". It graces our living room in all of its pine glory.
The yams I made are actually my sister-in-law’s recipe. Instead of the normal marshmallows it has this scrumptious sugary pecan topping. It is like have a pecan pie on top of your yams, it's oh so good. There were members of the family who don’t like pecans and they still enjoyed it. I was pleased. I included the recipe, because I try to be giving like that.
Yams Recipe
4 C mashed sweet potatoes ( You can either use canned or buy yams at the store and then bake them for 1 hr at 400 degrees)
1/2 C sugar
2 TBS Vanilla
4 eggs beaten
1/2 pt. heavy whipping cream
topping
1 C br. sugar
1/2 cup butter softened
1/2 C. bread flour (I have used normal flour and it works as well.)
1 1/4 C Chopped pecans
Grease 2 qt. casserole dish and heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine first 5 ingredients. Mix well. Put in the dish. Mix the topping. Sprinkle on top bake 30 min.
PS We got a Christmas tree yesterday which we lovingly named "Da Baum". It graces our living room in all of its pine glory.
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