Drunken Sweet Potato Casserole

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 -4 lbs sweet potatoes
• butter
• salt
• milk
• mini marshmallows
• 1/4 lb butter
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3 -4 ounces jim beam bourbon whiskey

Recipe

• 1 boil the potatoes until done.
• 2 skin and mash potatoes while still warm. add butter and salt to taste. add milk until the consistency is like creamy mashed potatoes.
• 3 put potatoes in a 2 quart casserole dish. scoop a hollow in the center of the potatoes and create a rim of potatoes around the edge of the pan. set aside.
• 4 in a double boiler, cook 1/4 lb butter, brown sugar, egg, and bourbon, stirring constantly, until thickened (1/2-3/4 hour--in my experience it never really thickens).
• 5 poor this syrup into the center hollow of the casserole and over the whole top.
• 6 line the edges of the casserole with the mini marshmallows.
• 7 bake at 350f for 45 minutes or until the sauce is a very dark brown.