Heavenly Holiday Sweet Potatoes
- 1-1/4 lb. sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 2 cups raisins (optional)
- 1/4 cup dark rum
- 5 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 qt. whipping cream
- 2 cups Half and half
- 2 tbsp. cane syrup
- molasses
- 1 tbsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 loaf French bread, torn into pieces
- 1-1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup dark rum
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- Steam sweet potatoes and set aside.
- Soak raisins in rum.
- Mix eggs and next 5 ingredients, add bread pieces, sweet potatoes and raisins (toss in the unabsorbed rum too!)
- Bake in 2 11x7x1-1/2-inch dishes at 350F for one hour or until set.
- Serve with Rum Sauce and enjoy!
- Rum Sauce: Melt butter, stir in rum; add powdered sugar, wisk until smooth.
- Stir in egg yolk; cook 5 minutes and serve warm.
sweet potatoes, raisins, dark rum, eggs, sugar, whipping cream, cane syrup, molasses, cinnamon, bread, butter, dark rum, powdered sugar, egg yolk
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/4780 (may not work)