Holiday recipe: Cognac baked sweet potatoes

Sally Calvin, the doyenne of Widgeonwood Farm in Columbia, Missouri (which she operates with her manly hunter husband David) is best known in Kansas City for her Saturday-only outdoor market, Widgeonwood in the Village, held in the courtyard of Prairie Village Shopping Center from early spring to mid-October. Last Saturday Sally hosted her annual holiday market, selling her jams, jellies, baking mixes, syrups, salsas and gift items — and copies of 2004’s Widgeonwood: Finally the Cookbook, which includes a recipe for sweet potatoes baked in cognac. “Do not let me catch you melting marshmallows on top of this wonderful creation!” Calvin warns.

The recipe follows.