Candied Sweet Potatoes with Rum Butter Glaze

Serves: Makes 12 servings. 
== Ingredients ==
* 5 lbs sweet potatoes
* 1/2 tsp salt
* Nonstick cooking spray
;Rum Glaze
* 1 tbsp butter
* 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
* 1 tbsp lemon juice
* 3 tbsp dark rum or apple cider
== Directions ==
# Heat a large pot of water to boiling.
# Meanwhile, peel potatoes and cut into quarters.
# Add to boiling water with salt.
# Boil 20 minutes, or until tender.
# Drain well.
# Preheat the oven to 400F.
# Coat a 2-qt.
# Casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
# Set aside.
# Mash potatoes coarsely with a fork or a Potato masher.
# Transfer to the prepared casserole dish, smoothing the top with a spatula.
;Prepare Rum glaze
# Melt butter in a medium-sized, heavy skillet.
# Stir in Sugar and lemon juice and cook over medium-high heat 3 minutes, or until bubbly.
# Add rum, return the mixture to a boil, and pour over sweet potatoes.
# bake 45 minutes, or until the glaze has become slightly crusty and nicely golden.
# Cool for 5 minutes.
== Approximate nutritional analysis ==
* 231 calories per ½-cup serving
* 3g protein
* 50g carbohydrate
* 2g fat (6% of calories)
* 4g fiber
* 3 mg cholesterol
* 125 mg sodium
* more than loo% of the daily value for vitamin A
* 55% for vitamin C
* 23% for vitamin B6.'''
== Source ==
* Wiki.com/Candied_sweet_potatoes_w/rum_butter_glaze Candied Sweet Potatoes with Rum Butter Glaze from Recipes Wiki—original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License
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