Baked Yams with Ginger-Molasses Butter

Prep Time: 0 Minutes

Cook Time: 0 Minutes

Ready In: 0 Minutes

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature

3 tablespoons (packed) golden brown sugar

1 tablespoon mild-flavored (light) molasses

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

pinch of ground cloves

3 tablespoons minced crystallized ginger

6 8-ounce yams (red-skinned sweet potatoes), rinsed, patted dry

Directions:

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.)
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.
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.

By RecipeOfHealth.com