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6/1/08 11:25 A

Praline Yams

2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon coconut extract
3 1/2 cups (18 ounces) diced cooked yams or sweet potatoes
3 tablespoons (3/4 ounce) chopped pecans
2 tablespoons flaked coconut
2 tablespoons Brown Sugar Twin
2 tablespoons pourable Sugar Twin
1 tablespoon all purpose flour
1 tablespoon reduced calorie margarine

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray and 8x8 inch baking dish with butter flavored cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine water and coconut extract. Stir in yams. Spread mixture into prepared baking dish. In a small bowl, combine pecans, coconut, Brown Sugar Twin, Sugar Twin, and flour. Stir in margarine until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over top yams. Bake for 30 minutes. Divide into 6 servings.

Serves 6 - Each serving equals:

HE: 1 Br, 3/4 Fa, 14 OC
133 calories, 5 gm FA, 2 gm Pr, 20 gm Ca, 58 mg Sodium, 21 mg Cl, 3 gm Fi
Diabetic: 1 St, 1 Fr

Hint: One (29 ounce) can of yams in syrup, rinsed and drained is equivalent to 18 ounces cooked "from scratch" yams.

November 98 newsletter, p. 4.

current weight: 152.0

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