Baked Yams With Amaretti Topping - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 medium yams
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. Amaretto (almond flavored liqueur)
4 Tbsp. butter, softened
1/4 tsp. salt
10 to 12 Amaretti (imported almond cookie)

Preparation

Bake yams in a 400\u00b0 oven for 45 minutes or until tender. Scoop out the flesh and mash it with brown sugar, Amaretto liqueur, 2 tablespoons butter and salt.
Spread the yams mixture in a 9 x 9-inch baking pan.
Pulverize the Amaretti cookies between 2 pieces of wax paper.
Blend in the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter.
Sprinkle the cookie crumbs on the yams. Preheat the oven to 350\u00b0.
Bake for 30 minutes.