Baked Sweet Potatoes with Apricots and Bourbon

Name: Baked Sweet Potatoes with Apricots and Bourbon
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters bourbon; 118 milliliters firmly packed brown sugar; 79 milliliters butter; 118 milliliters chopped dried apricots; 2 kilograms red garnet or jewel sweet potatoes (sometimes sold as yams); 1 teaspoon vanilla

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Baked Sweet Potatoes with Apricots and Bourbon a try. This recipe serves 10. One serving contains 326 calories, 4g of protein, and 6g of fat. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have bourbon, firmly brown sugar, jewel sweet potatoes, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a small bowl, pour bourbon over dried apricots.

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Dried Apricots

Bourbon

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Bowl

Scrub sweet potatoes and pierce each in several places with a fork.

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Sweet Potato

Place potatoes on oven rack or in a single layer on a baking sheet.

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Potato

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Oven

Bake in a 350 oven until potatoes are soft when pierced, about 1 1/2 hours.

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Potato

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Let stand until cool enough to handle, about 20 minutes.

Peel the sweet potatoes and place in a large bowl.

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Sweet Potato

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Add brown sugar, butter, and vanilla to the bowl and mash with a potato masher or a fork until mixture is only slightly chunky. Stir in apricots and bourbon. Spoon into a shallow 2 1/2-quart baking dish and spread level.

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Brown Sugar