Southern Praline Yams recipe - from the Our Family Cookbook Family Cookbook

Ingredients

• 2 lbs yams
• 1/2 tsp salt and pepper
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp burbon or brandy optional alcohol is cooked away during baking leaving only flavor
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 Tbsp butter or margarine
• for Praline topping
• 2 Tbsp butter or margarine melted
• 3 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1/3-1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg