Bourbon Butter Sweet Potatoes
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 3 medium sweet potatoes (about 8-ounces each) halved lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons bourbon divided
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2/3 cup unsalted butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400℉.
- Rub potatoes with oil and salt. Place potatoes, cut side down, on a rimmed baking sheet. Brush with 2 tablespoons bourbon.
- Bake until softened, 20 to 30 minutes. Let cool slightly. Leave oven on.
- Without cutting through skin, make a lengthwise slit down center of each potato half. Gently press apart at slits to open up potatoes slightly.
- In a medium bowl, stir together pecans, flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
- In a small bowl, stir together melted butter and remaining 1/4 cup bourbon. Fold half of butter mixture into pecan mixture; reserve remaining butter mixture. Top each potato half with 1/3 cup pecan crumble.
- Bake until crumble is browned and aromatic, 10 to 15 minutes. Drizzle with reserved butter mixture, rewarming in microwave, is necessary.