Apricot Yams

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 cooked and pared yams or 6 sweet potatoes
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup apricot juice
• 1 cup canned apricots, drained
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 quarter the prepared yams and place in a buttered casserole.
• 2 combine brown sugar, cornstarch, orange peel, cinnamon and apricot juice in saucepan.
• 3 cook over medium-high heat until sauce thickens.
• 4 add apricots, butter and pecans.
• 5 pour over yams.
• 6 bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes or until heated through.