Slow Cooker Yams With Coconut and Pecans

I have been pulling out some recipes that I use during the holiday season. This recipe comes from Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes.

• Ready In: 7 hrs 10 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 2  lbs  yams or 2  lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced 1/2 inch thick
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  coconut extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1⁄2 cup  firmply packed light brown sugar or 1⁄2 cup  firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1⁄4 cup  broken pecans
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2  tablespoons  cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Directions

1. Coat the slow cooker with butter or nonstick cooking spray.
2. Arrange the slices of yams in overlapping layer.
3. Stir the extracts into the melted butter and drizzle over the yeams.
4. Combine the brown sugar, coconut, pecans, and cinnamon in a small bowl; sprinkle over the yams in a layer.
5. Dot with the cold butter.
6. Cover and cook on Low until the yams are tender (to check for doneness pierce tiwht the tip of a knife).