Ingredients
- 3 pounds large sweet potatoes, peeled and halved crosswise
- ¾ cup packed light brown sugar or Square Deal Farm’s maple sugar would be amazing here
- ½ stick butter
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ to ⅓ cup bourbon
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375
- Cut each potato half lengthwise into fourths and place in a buttered 3-quart shallow baking dish.
- Simmer the brown sugar, butter, water and salt, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved and syrup is thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in bourbon to taste. Drizzle syrup over potatoes and bake in middle of the oven, turning or basting occasionally, until syrup is thickened and potatoes cooked through, about 1¼ hours. Season to taste with a sprinkling of salt.
- Serves 8
