Candied Yams

4-5 yams, peeled and cubed
2 tbsp butter
About 1 cup brown sugar
1 cup mini marshmallows
Salt & pepper

In a pot, cover the yams with water and bring to a boil. Boil until yams are fork-tender (when pierced with a fork, they are soft and tender). Drain.
Mash the yams and the butter together with your favorite potato masher (a ricer works the best). Season with salt and pepper.
Transfer the mashed yams to a greased baking dish. Sprinkle the brown sugar over the top followed by the marshmallows. Bake at 350 degrees until marshamallows just start to brown, and brown sugar is starting to melt. Serve hot.

*This is one of my all-time favorite Thanksgiving side dishes. Something about the savory but sweet yams with the brown sugar and marshmallows is just so heart-warming and delicious. It may seem funny to be adding pepper to a somewhat sweet dish, but trust me, it works. It lends just the right amount of heat to the dish that you get this kind of "sweet heat" in the back of your throat. It's just great. I hope you love this as much as I do!

And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment—to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. Ephesians 1:9-10