Bourbon Glazed Sweet Potatoes are a wonderful side dish for your holiday spread, and they don’t take a great deal of effort to make.
This dish begins with toasted pecans, butter, honey, spices and of course – bourbon.
After baking your sweet potatoes, you’ll peel and slice them and slice an apple as well.
Layered in a dish and topped with that wonderful bourbon and pecan mixture before baking, you can see how simple this recipe is to assemble.
Don’t you just want to dive into it before you even bake it!?
Mmmm…simple and delicious!
Yield: 6-8 servings
Bourbon Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Bourbon Glazed Sweet Potatoes are a wonderful side dish for your holiday spread, and they don't take a great deal of effort to make.
Cook Time
1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time
1 hour 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 1 Granny Smith apple, cored and sliced
- 1/2 cup pecan pieces
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/3 c bourbon
- 1/2 c honey
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/16 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- To begin, place your sweet potatoes on a baking sheet, and bake at 375 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until they are slightly soft and cooked through.
- Remove them from the oven and cool long enough that you can handle them without burning your hands, about 30 minutes.
- Peel the skins off of the potatoes and slice them into 1/2 inch thick slices.
- Core and slice a Granny Smith (or other firm baking) apple.
- In a 2 quart, buttered baking dish, arrange your sweet potato slices and apples. Set this aside for a moment.
- In a medium skillet over high heat, toss in your pecans and toast them until they are slightly browned and beautifully fragrant.
- Turn the heat down to low and add in the butter.
- When the butter is melted, stir in the bourbon and remaining ingredients.
- Pour this mixture over the top of the sweet potatoes & apple. Cover the dish with foil and bake for 35-40 minutes or until the sweet potatoes and apples are tender.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 227Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 120mgCarbohydrates: 36gFiber: 3gSugar: 28gProtein: 2g
This data was estimated and provided by Nutritionix. Accuracy not guaranteed.
Sweet Potatoes are my favorite holiday side dish. I’ve never tried them with apples & I can’t wait to make this!
Wow! Talk about taking a humble side up a notch! Love it
Looks delicious! sweet potatoes are a favorite side here, I like this version.
I bet the addition of apples in the recipe really give the sweet potato a bit of a tart taste to them. These sound fantastic and I will have to try them soon.
Yet another dish made with bourbon that I need to make. The pecans and butter are a bonus.
What a great, classic holiday dish!
Simple side dishes are perfect for the holidays—though I’d have to put this on my regular rotation :)
Miss Constance, I do declare, you’re turning into a Southern belle! Love the dash of bourbon on sweet potatoes and pecans =)
Such a great twist on sweet potatoes. Plus, bourbon makes everything better :)
Sounds good. Thanks Constance. Merry Christmas