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Candied: Candied Sweet Potatoes w/ Rum Butter Glaze

Source of Recipe

fooddownunder.com


List of Ingredients

5 lb Sweet potatoes
1/2 tsp Salt
    Nonstick cooking spray

RUM GLAZE
1 tbl Butter
1/3 cup Brown sugar, packed
1 tbl Lemon juice
3 tbl Dark rum
or apple cider


Recipe

* Heat a large pot of water to boiling. Meanwhile, peel potatoes and cut into quarters. Add to boiling water with salt. Boil 20 minutes, or until tender. Drain well.

* Preheat the oven to 400 . Coat a 2-qt. casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.

* Mash potatoes coarsely with a fork or a potato masher. Transfer to the prepared casserole dish, smoothing the top with a spatula.

* Prepare rum glaze: Melt butter in a medium-sized, heavy skillet. Stir in sugar and lemon juice and cook over medium-high heat 3 minutes, or until bubbly. Add rum, return the mixture to a boil, and pour over sweet potatoes.

* Bake 45 minutes, or until the glaze has become slightly crusty and nicely golden. Cool for 5 minutes.

* Makes 12 servings.