Slow Cooker Yams With Coconut And Pecans

Total Time: 7 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 7 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 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

Recipe

• 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).