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Ingredients
- 3 pounds medium-large sweet potatoes, of uniform size
- 4 tablespoons melted butter
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup bourbon
Method
- Scrub the sweet potatoes, place in a pot, and cover with water.
- Bring to a boil, and cook until barely tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Drain and rinse under cold water.
- When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel them, and slice in rounds 1/4 inch thick.
- Use 1 tablespoon of the butter to grease a shallow baking dish about 10 inches by 14 inches.
- Arrange the potato slices, slightly overlapping them, in the dish, and drizzle with the remaining butter.
- Season with salt and pepper, then sprinkle evenly with the sugar.
- If desired, the dish can be prepared in advance up to this point and set aside, covered, for 3 hours at room temperature or overnight in the refrigerator.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Bake the potatoes for 20 minutes, then lower oven temperature to 350 degrees, and bake 20 minutes longer, until the potatoes are nicely glazed.
- Just before serving, warm the bourbon in a small saucepan.
- Wear oven mitts, and stand back from the pan.
- Ignite the bourbon, and pour it, still flaming, even over the potatoes.
- Serve at once.
