Recipe For Old Fashioned Yams

1 1 2 tsp cinnamon.

Recipe for old fashioned yams. Peel the sweet potatoes and slice into 1 slices. 8 sweet potatoes medium. Place the butter into a medium sized pot then melt it over medium heat.

Wash potatoes and place in a medium saucepan. Once the butter is melted sprinkle in the white brown sugar ground cinnamon ground nutmeg ground ginger and ground clove. Place sliced sweet potatoes in an ungreased 9x13 dish in a single layer cut side up.

Combine all ingredients except sweet potatoes in 2 quart saucepan. The yams are actually just a softer type of sweet potatoes. True yams are starchier tougher and drier tubers that are native to africa.

Slice potatoes into 1 inch slices. Remove the cover increase the temperature to medium and cook until the syrup has thickened possible another 15 20 minutes. Real yams look more like yucca with brown treebark like skin and white starchy insides.

1 4 teaspoon vanilla extract. Reduce heat and simmer covered about 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Bring to a boil stirring occasionally.

Omit the sugar for a savory biscuit or add more sugar for a sweeter biscuit. 1 1 3 cups brown sugar packed dark. Sweet potatoes about 2 large or 3 medium size 1 3 cup light corn syrup i use karo syrup 1 3 cup sugar.