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Baked Honey-Glazed Yams with Cinnamon Dipping Glaze

Sweet and delicious thins to serve at any family picnic or gathering. These are great to eat as an appetizer or snack!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Yam and cinnamon work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 41 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 10
Prep8 min
Cook14 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 425°F (220°C) and line a baking sheet with foil.

  2. Scrub the yams, then prick each one several times with a fork.

  3. Microwave the yams on high for 8 to 10 minutes, turning once, until they are just softening.

  4. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the honey, corn syrup, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg over medium heat. Stir until smooth and simmering, about 2 minutes. Set aside about a third for dipping.

  5. Halve the yams lengthwise and place them cut side up on the prepared sheet.

  6. Brush the cut surfaces generously with the glaze in the saucepan.

  7. Bake for about 4 minutes, until the glaze bubbles and the edges caramelize.

  8. Serve warm, with the reserved glaze in a bowl for dipping.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Yam + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Nutmeg + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Honey + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,446 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Cinnamon + sugartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Sugar + syruptop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,841 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Cinnamon and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,777 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yam, honey, cinnamon, sugar, corn, syrup):

  1. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  2. Cardamomabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Nutmegthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yam, honey, cinnamon, sugar, corn, syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).