Whiskey-Butternut Glaze

Use this glaze on the grill with salmon or chicken, or drizzle it on baked sweet potatoes. To make a luscious sauce for bread pudding, stir ½ cup cream into the cooked glaze after it has been removed from the heat.

2 sticks butter

½ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

½ cup bourbon

¼ teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons honey

¼ cup finely chopped pecans

In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and stir in the sugar, bourbon, salt, honey, and pecans until all granules of sugar are dissolved. Remove from the heat.

Makes 2 cups