President Jimmy Carter's Yummy Yams
Created by dienia b on December 10, 2019
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 9m
- Cook Time: 60m
- Recipe #33907
Ingredients
- 5 cups sweet potatoes ( raw yams)
- 1 cup white corn syrup
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
How to Make
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Step 1: Cover shredded raw yams with cold water to retain color.
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Step 2: Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a 2 quart baking dish.
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Step 3: Cook corn syrup, sugar, and pineapple juice until sugar dissolves.
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Step 4: Drain yams, pour syrup over yams and dot with remaining butter.
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Step 5: Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (91.2 g)
- Calories 270.4
- Total Fat - 12.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.4 g
- Cholesterol - 30.5 mg
- Sodium - 111.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 38.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.8 g
- Sugars - 20.1 g
- Protein - 2.7 g
- Calcium - 12.9 mg
- Iron - 1.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 3.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg