I'm making yams for the first time this thanksgiving. My mother-in-law made them once a few years ago and they were awesome! She just baked them like a baked potatoe, them cut them open and put brownsuger, cinnaman and tons of butter and served them to the table whole with a spoon. Then we just scrapped out the insides to our plates.

This year I want to make them for my family and they've never had them before. My mother-in-law told me she couldn't remember how long she baked them for.

I have 3 large yams. Should I wrap them in tin foil? What temp should I bake them at? How long do they take? My mom is serving dinner at 2:00 Thursday, so I need to make the Yam's at my house before hand. Anyone have suggestions?

HI,

I'm not sure if you're using actual yams...which are hard to come by, or sweet potatoes...which are often mistakenly called yams, but I have something that worked out well and it was an accident. One evening I was going to bake the sweet potatoes as you seem to want to do. So I poked some holes in them with a knife and placed them unwrapped, but on a foil lined pan (they tend to ooze a little) in the oven at about 350-400 degrees F. They baked for about 30-35 min (they were average sized), then I had to leave the house for some reason so I turned the oven off and left them in there. Whatever I had to do took longer than expected and when I got home I'd forgotten about the potatoes. They remained in the oven overnight. Then next morning as I was getting breakfast ready I saw them. YIKES!!! I thought, but they were perfect for scooping out the insides. So that's what I did. I scooped out the insides and put them all in a bowl. Then I warmed them up in the microwave just until they were hot. Then I added some butter (the real stuff), cinnamon, and some white and brown sugar to the desired sweetness. YUMMMM! they were perfect. No leftovers!!

This may not be the way you want to go, but it worked out well because I didn't have to scoop potatoes out of hot skins.

I also have a wonderful country recipe (from South Central KY) for fried candied yams (sweet potatoes actually) that my grandmother has passed down to me if you're interested.

I would love to have the recipe for your yam's. What is the differance between yam's and sweet potatos? I would also like a recipe for bread pudding and sweet potato pie if anyone has it.
Happy Thanksgiving Ya'll
From a gal in Dallas

Hi,

There's a recipe on food network for sweet potato casserole which is pretty simple.
3 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes
2 teaspoons butter
1 cup chicken stock
Salt and pepper
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 large bananas, thinly sliced on an angle
1/4 cup dark brown sugar


Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and roast until tender, about 1 hour. Remove from heat and let cool until cool enough to handle. (Keep oven at 350 degrees F). Peel and mash sweet potatoes in a bowl until smooth. Stir in the butter, stock, salt, pepper, and cinnamon. Transfer to a casserole dish. Cover the surface of the potatoes with the banana slices by laying them on top, slightly overlapping in concentric circles. Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the top. Bake for 20 minutes or until the top is browned.

*if u don't like the banana idea skip that part and u can sub it for chopped pecans.

Enjoy,
Elaine