Kid-friendly Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes

Description
This is from the Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook but I have used it and children like it very much. This one includes bananas but you could substitute orange juice for the bananas plus a bit of brown sugar.

Ingredients

 * 8 cups peeled diced sweet potatoes
 * 3 ripe bananas
 * ¾ stick unsalted butter
 * 2 tbsp dark rum
 * 1 tbsp brown sugar
 * ¼ tsp nutmeg
 * salt to taste
 * 1 cup sliced almonds

Directions

 * 1) Place the sweet potatoes in a saucepan and cook until very tender.
 * 2) Puree the bananas and add the hot sweet potatoes, nutmeg, brown sugar, 4 tbsp of butter, and salt and process to blend.
 * 3) Melt the remaining 2t of butter in a small skillet and brown the almonds.
 * 4) Add almonds to the top of the purée.