Bourbon-Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Bourbon-Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Hi everybody :)

Today I like to share with you my favorite sweet potato recipe; Bourbon Glazed Sweet Potatoes. This is a basic simple recipe that can easily be prepared. The potatoes are first steamed until just about tender, than they're transferred to the oven to be roasted while basting in the bourbon glaze. 

Bourbon-Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients
7-8 medium sweet potatoes. peeled & cut into pieces
water, enough to cover potatoes
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
1/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons cornstarch + 2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 - 4 tablespoons bourbon

Directions
In a large pot with lid, steamed potatoes in water over medium heat until almost done, about 20-25 minutes. Drained, reserving about 1/2 cup of the liquid. Place potatoes in a baking dish, set aside. preheat oven to 350.

To the reserved liquid, add the sugars, spices, and butter and return pot to medium heat. Add cornstarch mixture. Cook until mixture reduced and thicken, about 10 minutes; stirring occasionally. 

Remove from heat, add the vanilla and bourbon. Pour over potatoes. Place in oven and baste every 5- 10 minutes for about 25 minutes. Served warm.

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Biscoff Sock-It-To-Me Pound Cake: Biscoff with a Southern Flair

Biscoff Sock-It-To-Me Pound Cake:  Biscoff with a Southern Flair

Biscoff Sock-It-To-Me Pound Cake

Hi everybody :)

It's a new year with new outlooks and new beginnings. I hope everyone had a safe and joyous holiday. Kicking the year off to a sweet start, have I got a recipe for you...

Have you heard of biscoff yet? Do worry, you're not alone, I just found out about it about a year ago. I won a jar from  The Spiffy Cookie , another great blog. IT. IS. AWESOME! The caramel cinnamon taste had me, craving for more. I became a desperate woman, because at first, biscoff was NOT sold where I lived! : (  If you can't find it in your area it sold here and here.) I found I better way of getting it, my daughter. When she's away at college I get her to sent it to me, or bring it whenever she comes home. : ) I STACK UP!!
   
I wanted to make a pound cake that SSCREAMMMM southern, and nothing more southern than a Sock-It-To-Cake. This cinnamon-bundt-cake-creation is usually made using a cake mix. But I wanted a made from-scratch cake, that's when a stumble across this one. It has the basic ingredients of a sour cream pound cake with a Biscoff flair. So I wanted to expand on the cinnamony taste by adding the filling of the Sock-It-To-Cake. Genius, right? Yeah, I know :) Well here's what I did...

Biscoff Pound Cake with Glaze  adapted from Ryan Bakes

Ingredients:

2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
2 3/4 cups sugar
3 cups cake flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
6 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup + 2 Tbs. Biscoff spread
2 tsp. vanilla

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Grease and flour a large 12 cup bundt pan. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy in the bowl of a stand mixer.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
In a separate large bowl, sift cake flour, baking soda, and salt.  Add a third of the flour mixture to the batter, alternating with the sour cream and the biscoff and ending with the flour mixture.  Blend ingredients until combined but do not over mix.  Add vanilla extract. 

Pour half batter into prepared bundt pan and distribute evenly. Spread filling all over the batter in the bundt cake pan . Pour the rest of the batter on top of that and swirl with a spatula, if desired.  

Bake at 325 until cake leaves the sides of the pan, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.  Test the cake to see if it's done by inserting a knife or toothpick into the middle to see if it comes out clean. Let set in pan for 10 minutes, flip out. Cool completely before glazing.

Biscoff Glaze:
Ingredients:
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 cup Biscoff spread
7 Tbs. milk (or more if needed to thin icing)(I used about 1/3 cup cream)
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Combine powdered sugar, Biscoff, and vanilla extract in the bowl of an electric mixer.  One tablespoon at a time, slowly add the milk until the icing is still think but is able to be drizzled on the cake.  Be careful not to make the icing too thin, use just enough to give it the right consistency of the pooling effect .

Cinnamon Filling :
1/2 tablespoon (1 1/2teaspoons) cinnamon
1/4 cup brown sugar
Mix the cinnamon and brown sugar together

BTW,  for those of you who don't know what Biscoff spread is;  go here for detail information.




What I Think:
I think all the Biscoff & Sock-It-To-Me fans will love this cake! The cinnamon taste is not overpowering, just right. The cake has a creamy moist tender texture of a sour cream pound cake. I LOVE IT! DEFINITELY A REPEAT!

Thank you Ryan, for sharing this delicious recipe, it will be a new go-to for family get-together.

I might try this later with the Nutty Biscoff and 1/4 cup chopped pecans in the Sock-It-To-Me Filling for a Nutty option. :)

*** UPDATE: BISCOFF IS NOW BEING SOLD AT WINN DIXIE!! 















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Green Bean Casserole: My Way, Cheesy Green Bean Casserole

Green Bean Casserole, My Way

  Cheesy Green Bean Casserole

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Everybody has a special way of preparing this classic dish to make it their very own, today I like to share my way. I like mines extra cheesy with bits of bacon throughout.  Here's how I do it...

Cheesy Green Bean Casserole

1 large onion, sliced

1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced

1 Large can Green Beans, drained

2 cans (10.3/4 0z.) cream of chicken soup

1 package (2.8 oz.) Oscar Mayer Real Bacon Recipe Pieces

1 package Southern Mills Cheddar Cheese Sauce Mix + 1 cup water  or  1 cup prepared cheese sauce  

1 (6oz.) canister Cheddar French Fried Onions, divided

1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire Ground Pepper Blend

1/2 teaspoon Rosemary, Basil and Citrus Salt or Lawry's Seasoned Salt 

3 tablespoon butter, melted

1/2 cup cheddar cheese (I like mild)

Saute onions and mushrooms until tender. Remove from heat.

In a large bowl mix green beans, onions/mushroom mixture and bacon bits. 

Add soups, cheese sauce, and 1/2 of French Fried Onions mix well. Add seasonings and butter, pour into a greased 13 by 9" baking dish. 

Cook at 350 for 25 minutes. Top with cheese and remaining French Fried Onions and cook 5 more minutes.

Green Bean Casserole has always been one of my favorites for family-get-togethers. I love this cheesy version of the classic casserole. 

BTW, Breakfast Is Served Sunday will not be posted tomorrow, it will resume next month. 

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12/10/2021 Update: Cindy's daughter, Trina, here. I made my own version of this recipe using 2 bags of frozen green beans. Our oven isn't working, so I cooked the casserole in our Cuisinart 1800W 4lb Air Fryer Toaster Oven. I'm new at blogging, but I plan on experimenting often in the kitchen, especially with the Cuisinart. Also, to the people still reading and enjoying my mom's blog throughout years of inactivity, thank you all so much.