Baked Yams with Ginger-Molasses Butter
Tender baked yams topped with a rich, warmly spiced butter featuring ginger, molasses, and brown sugar. This comforting side dish combines the natural sweetness of yams with aromatic holiday spices.
6 servings
1 hr 5 min
Ingredients
- •½ cup unsalted butter
- •3 tablespoons golden brown sugar
- •1 tablespoon light molasses
- •½ teaspoon ground ginger
- •¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- •⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- •3 tablespoons crystallized ginger
- •6 whole yams
- •rinsed
- •patted dry
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Mix first 6 ingredients in small bowl to blend. Stir in crystallized ginger. Season with salt and generous amount of pepper. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover; chill. Bring ginger-molasses butter to room temperature before using.)
10 min
- 2.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Pierce yams in several places with fork; bake on rimmed baking sheet until tender when pierced with fork, about 50 minutes.
50 min
- 3.
Cut lengthwise slit in each yam and press in ends to open top. Spoon 2 tablespoons ginger-molasses butter into each yam and serve.
5 min
