Southern Yam Dessert Squares
"This is a great alternative to the traditional pumpkin pie. It comes from Borden Holiday Recipe Collection, 1987."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 2 cups quick-cooking oats
- 1 1⁄2 cups unsifted flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 16 -18 ounces canned sweet potatoes, drained and mashed
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
- 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine the oats, flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
- In large bowl of mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy.
- Add the dry ingredients mixing until crumbly.
- Reserve 1 cup of crumb mixture and press the remainder firmly on the bottom of a 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
- Bake 10 minutes.
- While crust is baking, combine remaining ingredients (except nuts) in a large bowl and mix well.
- Pour over the prepared crust.
- Combine the nuts with the reserved crumb mixture and sprinkle evenly over top.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden.
- This can be served either warm or cold.
- It is delicious with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
Questions & Replies
Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
-
I thought that the crust was a little too thick for the amount of filling, but I might not have pressed it hard enough into the pan. Good taste though! -
50 stars are not enough for this recipe. we had a thanksgiving dinner in March last night and this my contribution, what a hit!!! everyone loved it and requested a copy of the recipe. ooey, gooey, pumpkiny wonderful and easy too!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
PaulaG
Hixson, Tennessee
I came to this site in March of 2004. It was then called Recipezaar. This site was the first on-line site that I ever joined. I first popped in 2003 while searching for a Peach Cobbler Recipe. In March of 2004, DH was having shoulder surgery and I was looking for a Split Pea Soup. Once again I found myself on Zaar as it came to be called.
Over the years I hung out and learned from some of the best home cooks in the country, I posted over 700 recipes on the site, reviewed over 3500 recipes and posted over 3000 food photos. Over the next 10 years the site made many changes and in 2010 it was sold to to Food Network and became Food.com.
Until last year we played games, talked and shared with one another. As a result of the community and the relationships I built I got to meet some wonderful people from all over the country. I also have a great number of friends that I have never meet face to face. Some of us still hang out at various places across the net.
Zaar was more than a cooking community. It was an internet community of friendship. Life is an adventure ever changing.
