Ruth's Recipes - Bourbon Sweet Potatoes

With Thanksgiving just past, it occurs to me that I need to put some of my mother-in-law's recipes where 1) I won't lose them, and 2) other people who knew her can find and share them. So, here's the first of them…Bourbon Sweet Potatoes.


Bourbon Sweet Potatoes
(The way Ruth gave it to me)

3 x 1 lb cans of sweet potatoes
1/3 cup bourbon
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 tsp vanilla

Heat Potatoes. Mash potatoes with other ingredients and bake in casserole dish 1/2 hr @ 350. Marshmallows optional.

Serves 8

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After having done this a few times to her recipe, they ended up WAY too sweet. I made a much smaller, and less sweet version this year that went over really well.

1 x 2 lb can sweet potatoes
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup Jack Daniels
3 Tbsp butter
dash vanilla

Follow instructions above.

With the rest of Thanksgiving dinner, it served about 10 people.