Bourbon Cinnamon Scalloped Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are baked to perfection in layers of deep rich flavors of toasted bourbon, vanilla and cinnamon. Warm, cozy and a little but of moody, this gorgeous dish is ready to impress crowd, ideal for holiday entertaining.
Servings: 8
Calories:
Ingredients
- 3 lbs Sweet Potatoes - peels and cut thinly (about 1/8 an inch)
- 2 cups Apple Cider divided
- ¼ cup Bourbon
- 1 TBSP Vanilla Extract
- ½ cup Brown Sugar
- 1 TBSP Cinnamon
- ¼ cup Butter - cut into small cubes
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400F.
- Peel and cut the sweet potatoes so they are ? inch thick.
- Flambé ¼ cup of the apple cider and ¼ cup of bourbon. Off the stove, In a stainless steel pan with high-sides, add the apple cider and bourbon. Place the pan over medium-high heat and allow the liquid to warm up and start to evaporate. Place your long lighter over the evaporation, not submerged in the liquid, and light. A flame will spark quickly. Let the flame burn until it burns off on its own, the apple cider and bourbon will be thicker and more concentrated. Have a lid to the pan nearby if you get uncomfortable, place the lid over the flame at any time to smother the fire out. If this is your first time read about tips and safety in the blog post.
- Once the flambé is over, add in the remainder 1 ¾ cups of apple cider, heat over medium high heat until it has reduced to about 1½ cups total. Remove from the heat, stir in the vanilla extract and set it aside.
- In a small bowl, which together the brown sugar and cinnamon until evenly combined.
- In a casserole dish (9 x 13), pour in ½ of the apple cider bourbon liquid. Place down one layer of your sweet potatoes, overlapping the edges.
- Once the first layer of sweet potatoes are placed, sprinkle on brown sugar cinnamon mixture to cover and start another layer of sweet potatoes. Repeat until you have 5 total layers of sweet potatoes. The top layer should end with sweet potatoes.
- Pour the remaining apple cider and bourbon over top. Scatter with butter chunks. Cover in foil.
- Bake at 400F for 60 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 30 minutes until the potatoes are fork tender/soft. Let it sit and cool for 15 minutes.
