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 vanilla. 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.
You can cook Sweet Potato Pie using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Sweet Potato Pie
- You need 2 (8 inch) of pie crusts.
- It’s 4 of sweet potatoes (about 2 lbs).
- You need 1 cups of sugar.
- It’s 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
- Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- It’s 1 tsp of lemon extract.
- It’s 1 tsp of nutmeg.
- You need 1 tsp of cinnamon.
- It’s 14 oz. of can of sweetened condensed milk.
- You need 1 stick of butter melted.
- You need 2 of large eggs.
While most dessert pack empty calories, this dessert is made with healthy sweet potatoes, which are high in beta-carotene and. A sweet potato pie to accompany your sweet potato casserole at Thanksgiving. Many sweet potato pie recipes call for boiling the sweet potatoes on the stovetop until tender, but I believe that the best sweet potato pie is made from baked sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are sweeter than pumpkins, and though the pies are usually made in the same way with eggs, cream or evaporated milk, and pie spices, sweet potato pie tends to be lighter, airier, and.
Sweet Potato Pie instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F..
Place sweet potatoes in oven and bake until done. Once done peel and mash in large bowl. (Some boil the potatoes which is fine however is take all the good Flavor out of the potatoe - just remember to drain when finished).
Add sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, condensed milk, butter, eggs, and vanilla to potatoes; whisk until mixture is smooth. Pour evenly into crusts..
Bake until edges of filling are set and center is soft, 28 to 30 minutes. Cover edges of crust with foil to prevent over browning, if necessary. Cool on wire rack..
This homemade sweet potato pie is sweetened solely with dark brown sugar and flavored with warm fall spices. It sits atop a buttery homemade pie crust. Why not bake a sweet potato pie instead? This recipe will show you how to make a simple pie crust and a filling for sweet potato pie. Your family will love the change.
