Sandy's Sweet Potato Pie. For this lovely pie, sweet potatoes are boiled, peeled and mashed together with butter, sugar, milk and eggs, then seasoned with nutmeg, cinnamon and People who have eaten sweet potato pie all their lives say this recipe is the best they have ever tasted. I have made minor changes to suit my taste. Sunny's classic Thanksgiving pie is a showstopper! Sandy's Sweet Potato Pie

You can have Sandy's Sweet Potato Pie using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sandy's Sweet Potato Pie
  1. You need 2 1/2 of # Whole Sweet potatoes.
  2. It’s 2 sticks of butter.
  3. You need 1 tsp of ground nutmeg.
  4. It’s 1 tsp of cinnamon.
  5. Prepare 2 tsp of homemade vanilla extract. (1 large bottle 80 proof Moonshine, a good quantity of scraped vanilla sticks, steeped for 1-2 months.) Or, store-bought.
  6. It’s 4 of large eggs.
  7. It’s 2 cups of granulated sugar.
  8. You need 1 cup of Whole milk.
  9. It’s 2 of prepared, uncooked pie crusts.

Boil or steam sweet potatoes whole or diced (steamed and diced is faster); drain water, remove skins. Add beaten eggs and evaporated milk and mix. Combine brown sugar, maple syrup with cornstarch; add to potato mixture. Add pinch of salt, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg.

Sandy's Sweet Potato Pie instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350f..

  2. Boil unpeeled Sweet Potatoes for about 40 minutes..

  3. Strain, cool, peel, and place in a paddle mixer..

  4. Slowy mix until smooth and then add the butter..

  5. Blend in the butter and when well mixed, add the remaining ingredients..

  6. Blend until smooth and mixed..

  7. Pour into uncooked pie crust shells..

  8. Put into a preheated oven and cook for 57 minutes..

  9. Check for doneness cooking longer if needed, all depends on your oven..

  10. Remove from the oven to cool..

  11. When ready to serve, we like a good shot of Whipped Cream..

Sweet potato pie is a traditional dessert, originating in the Southern United States. It is often served during the American holiday season, especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas in place of pumpkin pie, which is more traditional in other regions of the United States. Sweet potato pies are savory and sweet, with a creamy, hearty texture to boot. The whole thing is out-of-this-world delicious. Here, we've done most of the Nothing says Thanksgiving like an old fashioned sweet potato pie.