Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- Dash salt
- 2 1/2 cups uncooked sweet potatoes, shredded
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- Tennessee Whiskey Sauce, recipe follows
- Whipped cream
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugars. Add the eggs into sugar mixture, one at a time, incorporating each egg into the mixture. Add spices and salt. Stir potatoes into sugar mixture; add milk and mix thoroughly. Pour into a greased 2-quart baking dish.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
To serve, spoon Tennessee Whiskey Sauce over and top with whipped cream.
Tennessee Whiskey Sauce:
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 cup Jack Daniel?s whiskey
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons butter
In a small saucepan combine water, sugar, and nutmeg. Bring to a boil. Combine Jack Daniel?s Whiskey and cornstarch; stir into sugar mixture. Cook until thickened. Blend in butter until melted.
Yield: 1 3/4 cups
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By fernc123_4477762
Groveton, TX
on December 13, 2005
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I was looking for a recipe for candied yams and I ran across this recipe (because it has yams in itI tried it for Thanksgiving about 2 years ago and my family LOVED it. Now they tell me every year that I have to make it!! It's one of our New holiday traditions.
By txgolfinchica17...
Honolulu, HI
on November 14, 2004
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if you take the sauce and add some caramelized onions, it is very much like TGI Friday's Jack Daniel's sauce.
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