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. Sweet Potato Pie

You can cook Sweet Potato Pie using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sweet Potato Pie
  1. Prepare 2 cup of mashed sweet potatoes.
  2. Prepare 1/4 lb of butter.
  3. Prepare 1 cup of brown sugar.
  4. It’s 1/4 tsp of salt.
  5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of cinnamon.
  6. You need 1/2 tsp of nutmeg.
  7. You need 1/2 cup of evaporated milk.
  8. It’s 1/4 cup of sugar.
  9. It’s 1 of 9 in. frozen pie crust.
  10. It’s 2 of eggs separated.

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 step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

  2. Bake sweet potato(es) until completely tender in foil. Can take up to an hour..

  3. Change oven to 400°F.

  4. Mix sweet potatoes, butter, egg yolks, brown sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and evaporated milk. Mix well..

  5. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, mix in 1/4 cup of sugar. Add to sweet potato mixture..

  6. Put mixture into pie crust and bake at 400°F for 10 minutes and then reduce heat to 350°F until firm and toothpick or knife comes out clean..

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.