Bourbon Sweet Potatoes
- Comments()
Everyday Food, November 2009
- Prep Time 15 minutes
- Total Time 1 1/4 hours
- Yield Serves 8
Add to Shopping List
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch wedges
- 1/2 cup packed dark-brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons bourbon
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 3 tablespoons butter, room temperature
Directions
-
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange sweet potatoes in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Add sugar and bourbon and toss to combine; season with salt and pepper. Bake until sweet potatoes are tender and glazed, 1 to 1 1/2 hours, tossing every 30 minutes. Stir in butter before serving.
Cook's Note
Place the sweet potatoes in the oven after the turkey has roasted for an hour.
This recipe is so easy and everyone loves it. I did not have bourbon so used Bushmills and it was fine. So I have renamed it Bushmills Sweet Potatoes, which of course is popular with the Irish crowd!!