Taste the fall harvest, apple, pumpkin and cranberries

Mix up a different kind of mashed potato.

This fall serve up a cozy sweet potato mash.

Bourbon Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Makes 8 servings

Ingredients:
6 lbs. sweet potatoes
4 tbsp. bourbon
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups pecan halves
1 tsp. sea salt
3 tbsp. Xagave

Steps:
Preheat oven to 425°F.
Prick sweet potatoes with fork and on a baking sheet, bake in middle of oven until soft, about 1hour.
When cool enough to handle, peel potatoes and transfer to a large bowl.
Add bourbon and 6 tbsp. butter and mash with a potato masher.
Season with salt and pepper.
Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish.
In a small sauté pan, melt remaining butter and cook pecans until fragrant, about 3 - 5 minutes.
Salt to taste.
Reduce oven to 325°F.
Arrange pecans on top of sweet potatoes and drizzle with Xagave.
Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, until heated through and pecans are slightly browned.