Candied Yam Souffle
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 2 large (40-ounce) cans large yams or sweet potatoes, drained
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 (12-ounce) jar marshmallow topping
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Add brown sugar and pecans.
- Simmer for 3 minutes.
- Meanwhile, place drained yams in a large bowl and mash finely with a potato masher (leaving some chunked pieces).
- Pour sugar/pecan mixture over yams.
- Stir until combined thoroughly.
- Add in cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Transfer to a metal pie pan.
- Top with marshmallow topping.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 325 degrees F. Remove from the oven and raise the oven temperature to 400 degrees F. Bake for an additional 10 minutes at 400 degrees F to brown the top, watching carefully to keep from over-browning.
butter, light brown sugar, pecans, yams, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, marshmallow topping
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/candied-yam-souffle-recipe.html (may not work)