'Ol No. 7 Yams

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I really really loved this recipe. only instead of using No. 7 Jack Daniels I used a Crown Royal. I also put 2Tbs. of corn starch. Turn out great. using 3C. of water helps to cover the sweetness over your yams.

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Everyone loved the "sweet potatoes". I used the cinnamon stick and ground nutmeg, but I also added a bit of vanilla. I reduced the amount of water and cooked boiled the sauce longer. I used the red garnet yam varietals. I've passed the recipe on to my sister-in-law. Thanks for an awesome recipe.

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This is my second year making the dish for Thanksgiving. It is a big hit! And I love how the kitchen smells with the cinnamon stick and orange peels simmering in all the yummy brown sugar and butter. It still takes good a week later too! We added a little fluff to the top of it last night for dinner but such a great recipe! I will be making this dish many years to come.

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Unfortunately this was the worst dish of my dinner. I struggled with this recipe as written - and my biggest mistake may have been cooking the yams but not the sauce the day before.
I started 1.5 hours before dinner, and half way through realized the sauce had not thickened at all. I boiled and boiled the sauce to reduce to something useable - working against the clock as the turkey was resting. I thew half the liquid out, ladeled some onto the yams as they heated, furiously boiled the rest down with added brown sugar, and lost the whole beautiful sauce flavor as a result.
How about cutting the water in half? I would think the sugar will still easily go into solution...

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It was terrific. Made it for Thanksgiving, without the 'Ol #7, and everyone enjoyed it just the same.

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Thank you Paula and Jack #7! I've tried a new sweet potato recipe every year for Thanksgiving and I will search no longer. This was a HUGE HIT! I baked the sweet potatoes and made the sauce the day before, keeping them separate. Poured the sauce over the sweet potatoes when I was ready to bake them. I did follow the suggestions of 2.5 cups of water and adding 2T corn starch. Perfecfto!

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Great recipe! Everybody loved it! However, I did had to modify it. I added 2.5 cups of water instead of 3. I added 2tbs of corn starch and dissolved in 4tbs of cold water, poured it over the yams before putting it in the oven. It helped to thicken the sauce. I did not add the bourbon and the strip of orange peel. I added mini marshmellows over the top 15min before taking it out of the oven. It came out delicious.....!

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Big hit last night! We will make this again. The Jack Daniels give the yams a different and great taste. We made this a day ahead.

Edit - made this again for TG 2011. Big hit again. I only made half the syrup. I baked the yams the day before and just poured the syrup over them and heated enough for them to be hot. they didnt need as much time as specified. YUM!

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FANTASTIC EASY RECIPE!!!!! I cooked it for thanksgiving and my husband and my husband thought it was great. I was worried it would be really sweet but it was PERFECT. My grandma who never likes to try anything new loved it! I didn't have bourbon on hand and didn't want to buy a bottle of it, so I bought a couple of mini bottles and only needed to use one which was the perfect amount. They didn't have Jack Daniels in the mini size as recommended so I bought what was available which was "Maker's Mark". Never heard of it but the potatoes were Yum!

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Too runny,,,even with reducing the water by half and adding the cornstarch. Won't be making these again. Oh well. Smelled great and easy, but I'll be finding another recipe.