Recipe: Apple Yam Bake with and Oat Topping

APPLE YAM BAKE

"I have been making this dish for about 18 years. I adapted it from an add I saw in a magazine years ago. It is sooooo good a Holiday staple around our home or it compliments ham dinners or great with pork chops! Hope you enjoy!" - BB

FOR THE TOPPING:
1 1/2 cups oats, uncooked
8 tablespoons flour
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
FOR THE YAMS:
32 ounces chunky applesauce
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (or more to taste)
1 (16 ounce) can yams, cut bite size (if you are a yam lover you can add up to 32 ounces of yams)
2/3 cup butter

TO PREPARE THE TOPPING:
Mix together rolled oats, flour, and brown sugar. Cut in butter until evenly mixed and crumbly.

TO ASSEMBLE AND BAKE:
Arrange half of the applesauce in a baking dish. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the cinnamon. Use as much of the topping mixture as needed just to cover. Evenly arrange the yams. Add the remaining applesauce to cover yams. Sprinkle remaining cinnamon. Coat again with topping mixture (reserve any remaining topping).*

Bake at 350 degrees F until heated throughout. Approximately. 30-40 minutes.

*There is usually plenty of topping left over to coat the leftovers. Before you put away the leftovers, (that's of course if there is any), sprinkle remaining topping over the top. When you reheat it in the oven and it will taste like you just made it!! If there are no potato leftovers, sprinkle the topping over peaches or apples and bake YUMMY!!! The topping recipe can easily be halved as well if you prefer.

VARIATION:
You can also omit the Yams and make a great apple dessert, layering the applesauce, cinnamon, topping then repeating and baking.

This is my daughter's favorite side dish during the holidays... It's one I HAVE to make or else!! hee hee

From: BB - 08-11-99