Baked Pecan Yams

Recipe courtesy of ilovedave

• 4 medium Jewel or Garnet yams
• 2 TB butter melted
• ¼ cup orange or pineapple juice (optional)
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• ¼ cup pure maple syrup
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• Pinch of sea salt

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Bake yams for about an hour, or until soft.  The skins should peel off easily when they are still warm.  Mash yams well and mix with butter and juice, if desired.  Place yams in a square, glass baking dish.  Spread evenly and flatten the top.  

Toss pecans with maple syrup, cinnamon and pinch of salt.  Spread evenly over the top of the yams.  Bake for 20-30 minutes or until pecans are lightly toasty and the yams are hot and bubbly.