{"id":1896,"date":"2023-05-18T17:07:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T17:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2026-06-04T01:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:40:39","slug":"scalloped-yams-with-praline-topping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/scalloped-yams-with-praline-topping\/","title":{"rendered":"Scalloped Yams with Praline Topping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the kitchen of Renee Wilson<\/h4>\n\n\n<p>Work together until well combined:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1\/4 c light brown sugar, packed<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>3 Tbsp unsalted butter, at room temp.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>3 Tbsp flour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Work in:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1\/3 c pecans, chopped fine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Set aside.<\/p>\n<p>This can be made up to 8 hr ahead &amp; stored at room temp.<\/p>\n<p>Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil over high heat.<\/p>\n<p>Add:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>6 medium yams\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(about 3 lbs) peeled &amp; cut into 1\/2&#8243; thick rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Cook until crisp tender, about 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Do not overcook!<\/p>\n<p>They should hold their shape when drained.<\/p>\n<p>Drain &amp; rinse under cold running water.<\/p>\n<p>Lightly butter a 13&#215;9 baking dish.<\/p>\n<p>Arrange the yams, overlapping in vertical rows, in the prepared dish.<\/p>\n<p>The yams can be arranged in the baking dish up to 8 hr before baking, covered tightly with plastic wrap &amp; refrigerate.<\/p>\n<p>Pour:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1 1\/2 c heavy cream<\/strong><\/em>, heated over the yams.<\/p>\n<p>Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Crumble the pecan mixture over the yams &amp; continue baking until the yams are tender &amp; the topping is browned, 20-30 more minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Serve hot.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first time I made this it was an instant hit. It&#8217;s been served at Thanksgiving &amp; Christmas ever since.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renee Wilson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,28,29,27],"tags":[360,159,106,62,60,359,358],"class_list":["post-1896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sides","category-starchy","category-sweetsides","category-veggie","tag-christmas","tag-nuts","tag-recipe","tag-renee-wilson","tag-side","tag-thanksgiving","tag-yams","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10183,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1896\/revisions\/10183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}