Baked Sweet Potatoes With Amaretto With Gingersnap Topping

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 5 lbs sweet potatoes
• 3/4 cup butter, divided
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, divided
• 1/4 cup amaretto
• 2 tablespoons amaretto
• 1/4 cup orange marmalade
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 20 gingersnap cookies

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 scrub then pierce skin of sweet potatoes.
• 3 bake 40 mins or until soft enough to mash, cool until easy to handle.
• 4 cut potatoes in half and scoop pulp into large bowl and mash.
• 5 add in 1/2 cup butter, sugar, 1/4 cup amaretto, marmalade, and salt.
• 6 beat until just combined.
• 7 add in remaining 1/4 cup butter and amaretto.
• 8 mix until blended.
• 9 using food processor or blender finely grind cookie mixture and set aside.
• 10 in greased 13 x 9 in baking pan evenly spread potato mixture.
• 11 sprinkle with cookie mixture on top.
• 12 bake for 35-40 minutes.