Recipe: Sweet Baked Yams

Sweet Baked Yams
Source: Marie A. Kelson

3 large yams -- peeled and cubed
2 tablespoons Grandma's molasses
4 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 cup pecans -- in pieces
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
salt & pepper to taste

Boil the yams in water until soft. Drain well and mash with potato masher in medium-size glass or Pyrex casserole dish. Mix the yams with molasses, butter or margarine, pumpkin pie spices, and salt/pepper to taste. Top evenly with pecan pieces. Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes or until lightly browned.