Don’t mention the sweet potatoes, just the whiskey!

Ingredients:

• 4 – 5 medium sweet potatoes
• pie crust
• 1/2 c butter (1 stick) + a little more
• 1 1/2 c white sugar + a little more
• 1 Tab whole allspice – crushed
• 10 Tab bourbon – 100 proof

Directions:

1. Preheat oven 325°.
2. Boil 4-5 medium sweet potatoes until done.
3. Peel when cool.
4. Make a (10”) pie crust-if the crust recipe calls for 3/4 c shortening, use ¼ c less. (who are you kidding – buy it)
5. Line pie pan with crust and do not trim.
6. Break potatoes into chunks until you round out the pan.
7. Cut 1 stick of butter into pieces over the potatoes.
8. Sprinkle 1 ½ c white sugar, 1 T. whole allspice (put into a cloth and crush fine) over pie.
9. Drizzle 10 T 100 proof bourbon mixed with 10 T water over the potatoes and spices.
10. Roll out second crust.
11. Wet first crust then stick this to the bottom crust.
12. Trim ¼ “ from the rim, turn both under and crimp. SEAL WELL.
13. Punch holes in top crust with a fork.
14. Brush top crust with melted butter, then sprinkle with white sugar.
15. Bake 325° 45-60 minutes until “good and brown”

Serves:   8 – 12

Source:  Villa Park Womens League