3 sweet potato rum cookies Recipes

unsalted butter, melted , plus additional for buttering pie plate, flour for dusting, crushed gingersnap cookies (5 oz; 20 2-inch cookies), chopped pecans (2 oz), toasted, sugar, salt, sweet potatoes (4 medium), sugar, water, eggs, cinnamon, salt, whole milk, dark rum, vanilla, accompaniments: lightly sweetened whipped cream and toasted pecans

dark brown sugar , packed, cooked & mashed sweet potatoes, fresh or canned, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt , omit if using canned sweet potatoes, cinnamon, nutmeg, candied ginger root, finely diced, raisins , soaked in 3 tsp. rum, chopped pecans or walnuts, cinnamon sugar