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 have Sweet Potato Pie using 17 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Sweet Potato Pie
- It’s of pie filling.
- It’s 6 of medium sweet potatoes.
- It’s 1 cup of brown sugar.
- Prepare 4 of eggs.
- Prepare 1/2 of squeezed lemon.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of cinnamon.
- You need 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg.
- It’s 1 can of evaporated milk.
- You need 1 tbsp of all-purpose flour.
- Prepare 1 stick of butter.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- It’s of whipped topping.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of whipping cream.
- It’s 3/4 cup of powdered sugar.
- Prepare of pie crust.
- Prepare 1 box of store bought pie crust.
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
Peel and rough chop 5-6 medium to large sweet potatoes..
Boil in water with a pinch of salt for 30 minutes or until fork tender..
Drain sweet potatoes and allow to dry for a few minutes..
In your preferred mixing bowl, add sweet potatoes, brown sugar, flour, eggs, butter, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, evaporated milk, squeezed lemon, vanilla extract..
Mix until blended but still with some texture. The texture from the sweet potatoes should be visually lumpy. This will add texture to the pie..
Spread your pie crusts in a greased pie pan. I used my #8 cast iron pans..
Spread foil over the pie in the pie pan, and bake for 20 minutes at 400°F..
After the crust had baked, remove the foil and briefly allow to cool..
Pour in your pie mixture, and bake at 350 for 30 minutes..
Whip the whipping cream and powdered sugar..
Slice and top with cool whip.
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.
