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."
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- Ready In:
- 7hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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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
- Coat the slow cooker with butter or nonstick cooking spray.
- Arrange the slices of yams in overlapping layer.
- Stir the extracts into the melted butter and drizzle over the yeams.
- Combine the brown sugar, coconut, pecans, and cinnamon in a small bowl; sprinkle over the yams in a layer.
- Dot with the cold butter.
- Cover and cook on Low until the yams are tender (to check for doneness pierce tiwht the tip of a knife).
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Reviews
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this recipe is A-MAZ-ING. i've made it several times now...just last night for new year's eve party, and i swear it was the best dish there!!! -
Yum! This will make a great addition to my Thanksgiving table. -
We loved this. I made a double batch for a large family gathering and used my very biggest crock pot. I did use just a bit more brown sugar and a bit more cinnamon. Yes, my yams got a little dark, but I wouldn't say the color was unappealing. I will certainly make these again. I'm adding this to the dishes I serve at Thanksgiving so that I can save room in my oven. Thanks for posting. -
I am sooo sorry, I didn't care for this recipe at all. It sounded really good from the recipe, but after it was finished in the crock pot, the coconut turned all brown, the yams were a very unappealing color and the taste was just not appetizing. I ended up making and serving a rice pilaf instead.
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I am a mother of three and live in central Pennsylvania. My children were very active in after school activities and found we weren't spending anytime together at meal time. In 1998, I decided to start cooking my dinners in a crockpot so that we could have a home cooked meal together once everyone came home. My children now get so excited to see what we are having to eat and love the smell when they walk in the door. My family calls me the crock pot queen. LOL I use my crock pot everyday of the year.
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<br>My three children are now in college and before they come home they request their favorite meal. I still continue to cook in the crock pot for my husband and I. It is nice after a long day to know your meal is ready. It also helps in keeping my grocery bill down. With zaar, I can print my shopping list and that is all I purchase is the ingredients on that list.
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<br>Now, my two daughters have been crock pot cooking while in college. They find it is easy to cook for the themselves and their friends. It is an easy way to have friends over for dinner after classes
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<br>I still love trying new recipes and purchasing cookbooks, especially crock pot cookbooks.
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<br>Happy Cooking!
