Southern Comfort Sweet Potatoes

This is a vegetable dish that tastes more like a dessert. When done, it will have the consistency of pumpkin pie. I personally am not fond of yams and sweet potatoes, but I love this dish.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 365 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, softened
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup orange juice
• 3 eggs, beaten
• ½ cup light brown sugar
• ½ cup Southern Comfort liqueur
• 2 (29 ounce) cans sweet potatoes, drained

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Place sweet potatoes in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Mix in the butter, cinnamon, orange juice, eggs, salt, and liqueur. Transfer to a 2 quart casserole dish. Mix the pecans and brown sugar in a small bowl, and sprinkle evenly over the sweet potato mixture.

Step 3

Bake 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until center is firm and edges are lightly browned.