Bourbon Sweet Potatoes

Contributed By: Kay Davis

Ingredients:

4 lbs. sweet potatoes or yams
1/2 C. butter or margarine
1/2 C. bourbon
1/3 C. orange juice
1/4 C. firmly packed light brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. apple pie spice
1/3 C. chopped pecans

Method:

Scrub the potatoes. Cook covered in boiling salted water to cover in a large saucepan about 35 minutes or until tender. Drain; cool slightly, then peel.
Mash potatoes in large bowl. Add butter, bourbon, orange juice, brown sugar, salt and apple pie spice; beat until fluffy-smooth.
Spoon into a buttered 6-cup baking dish. Sprinkle nuts around edge

Helpful Hints:

Cooks note: You can simplify this recipe by using 2 40oz. cans of cooked sweet potatoes. Then whip them and add the remaining ingredients. Follow the rest of the recipe. And there you go!


k covered in boiling salted water to cover in a large saucepan about 35 minutes or until tender. Drain; cool slightly, then peel.

Mash potatoes in large bowl. Add butter, bourbon, orange juice, brown sugar, salt and apple pie spice; beat until fluffy-smooth.

Spoon into a buttered 6-cup baking dish. Sprinkle nuts around edge

Cooks note: You can simplify this recipe by using 2 40oz. cans of cooked sweet potatoes. Then whip them and add the remaining ingredients. Follow the rest of the recipe. And there you go!


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