Sweet Potatoes With Amaretto And Macaroons

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (29 ounce) can sweet potatoes
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons orange marmalade
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons amaretto liqueur
• 10 coconut macaroons (like the archway size)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon amaretto liqueur

Recipe

• 1 heat sweet potatoes in their liquid in a saucepan over medium heat until hot, then drain.
• 2 mash in the butter, then add the brown sugar, marmalade, salt and amaretto liqueur.
• 3 transfer mixture into a greased 1-1/2 quart baking dish.
• 4 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 5 chop coconut macaroons coarsely.
• 6 melt butter in a small saucepan, then add macaroons and the 1 tablespoons amaretto liqueur.
• 7 stir to combine over low heat, crumbling the macaroons further.
• 8 sprinkle the macaroon topping over the prepared sweet potato mixture; then bake assembled casserole until warmed through, about 30 minutes.