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Thanksgiving: Ol No. 7 Yams

Source of Recipe


From "Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible"



List of Ingredients



• 4 large yams or orange sweet potatoes (3-1/2 to 4 pounds)
  
• 1/3 cup Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 Whiskey
  
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
  
• 4 Tbsp (1/2 stick) butter
  
• 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
  
• 1 cinnamon stick (3 to 4 inches)
  
• 1 long strip orange peel
  






Instructions



1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Bake the yams until they are tender when pierced with a fork, about 1 hour. Reduce the oven temperature to 350°. Remove the yams but leave the oven on. When the yams are cool enough to handle, peel them and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch thick rounds.
   
   
2. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine 3 cups water, the whiskey, brown sugar, butter, nutmeg, cinnamon stick, and orange peel. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce to a simmer and cook until the sauce is slightly thickened and syrupy, 30 to 45 minutes.
   
   
3. Place the yams in a medium baking dish. Pour the syrup over them and return to the oven to bake until the yams are fork-tender, about 30 minutes. Your house will smell so good while this is baking, you'll be holding them back from the table!
   
   Serves 4