Grandma's Bourbon Sweet Potatoes

Simple but so yummy! If you don't care for dried apricots, you could try dates.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 20 mins
• Serves: 10
• Yields: 8 cups sweet potatoes

Ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup Bourbon
• 1⁄2 cup  unsulphered  dried apricot, chopped
• 5  lbs sweet potatoes or 5  lbs  yams
• 1⁄2 cup honey or 1⁄2 cup maple syrup
• 1⁄3 cup butter
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Soak apricots in bourbon in a small bowl.
3. Scrub and pierce sweet potatoes. Bake until soft, about 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
4. When cool enough to handle, scoop insides of sweet potatoes into a medium bowl.
5. Add honey, butter, and vanilla to potatoes and mash together, keeping some chunks.
6. Stir in the drunk apricots and any bourbon sitting in the small bowl.
7. Spread in a shallow 2 1/2 quart baking dish.
8. Bake, uncovered, until hot in the center, about 30 minutes. Serve warm.