Rustic Sweet Potato Pie. Christmas is almost here so once again Noah has recruited his mom to help teach you how to make another AMAZING pie, this time it's the sweet potato variety! For this lovely pie, sweet potatoes are boiled, peeled and mashed together with butter, sugar, milk and eggs, then seasoned with nutmeg, cinnamon and I have made this recipe for the past three years and always receive rave reviews. People who have eaten sweet potato pie all their lives say this recipe is. Rustic Sweet Potato Pie

You can cook Rustic Sweet Potato Pie using 17 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Rustic Sweet Potato Pie
  1. You need 2 of medium sweet potatoes (650-700 g or 1 1/2 lbs raw. It's 2 cups/450-500 g after mashing).
  2. It’s 1/2 cup (90 g) of sugar.
  3. Prepare 1/2 cup of yoghurt (120 ml).
  4. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract or oil.
  5. You need 1 Tbsp of lemon juice.
  6. It’s 1 tsp of lemon zest (optional).
  7. It’s 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
  8. Prepare 3-4 dashes of ground cloves.
  9. It’s 1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg.
  10. It’s 2 of eggs.
  11. You need of ********.
  12. You need 1 of unbaked pie crust or make your own with the ingredients below:.
  13. Prepare 150 g of flour.
  14. It’s 100 g of butter.
  15. Prepare 50 g (50 ml) of ice water.
  16. It’s 1 pinch of salt (not needed if using salted butter).
  17. It’s 1 tsp of sugar.

Traditional Pie Crust is a classic for a reason! However, NO sweet potato pie holds a candle to the sweet potato pie I use to have after church in Elberton, GA. I don't know who use to make it And yep, roasting sweet potatoes for sweet potato pie is pretty much the only way I roll these days. It brings out such a rustic, naturally sweet flavor.

Rustic Sweet Potato Pie step by step

  1. For the homemade pie dough (if you have one already start on Step 4): Put flour and salt (leave out if using salted butter) into a large bowl. Cut butter into small cubes and add to flour. You can see more detailed recipe for pie dough in my recipe here: https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/198326 .

  2. Rub in the butter into the flour until butter is broken up into pea-sized pieces and mixed throughout..

  3. Mix in sugar and gradually mix in the cold water until the dough begins to come together. Knead into a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least one hour..

  4. To roast potatoes (you can boil too, though I think the taste is nicer if roasted): Preheat oven to 200C/400F. Peel and cut sweet potatoes into cubes. Drizzle with 2 Tbsp vegetable/canola oil..

  5. Bake for 40 minutes (turn and mix halfway through so it baked evenly) or until fork tender..

  6. Mash with a fork. (After mashing I used 2 cups or 450-500 g).

  7. Add sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, lemon juice and vanilla..

  8. Mix in yoghurt. Taste again just in case and adjust any seasoning or sweetness. Lastly, mix in the eggs until smooth..

  9. Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C. Roll out pie dough if using homemade one. (Again, see details in my basic pie dough recipe here: https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/198326).

  10. When ready to bake, fill the pie crust with the filling.Smooth out - add some pie crust decorations if you like :).

  11. Bake for about 1 hour until set. Let cool completely before enjoying..

Sweet Potato Pie vs Pumpkin Pie. Every fall, the questions pertaining to holiday pies start rolling in. However, if you plan to make only one pie, Southern Sweet Potato Pie is a great option! Sweet Potato Pie has the moisture, density, and rustic quality of pumpkin pie, yet unapologetically tastes like. Sweet potato pie is pumpkin pie's first cousin—like good cousins, they're best friends, practically identical twins, but with just enough differences in flavor and texture to tell them apart.