Down Home Sweet Potato Pie
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 2 9-inch pies
 
Ingredients
  • 5 large sweet potatoes
  • 1 stick melted butter
  • 3 cups granulated sugar ( Substitute 1 cup brown sugar for 1 of the granulated sugar optional)
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup evaporated milk
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 2 tablespoons ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  2. Bake pie shells for 7-8 minutes. Remove from oven.
  3. In a large pot boil whole sweet potatoes until tender. Approximately 55 minutes.
  4. Cool the potatoes and remove the skin. Cut the potatoes into manageable pieces.
  5. Place the potatoes in a large mixing bowl. Use a mixer to remove lumps from potatoes.
  6. Gradually add other ingredients one at a time to the potato mixture continue mixing at the same time.
  7. Add sugar, butter, eggs, milk, cinnamon, allspice, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, salt, and vanilla extract
  8. Pour the pie filling into 2 pre-baked pie shells.
  9. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 50 minutes, or until the toothpick inserted into the center of the pies comes out clean.
  10. Serve hot or cold with a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream
Recipe by The Crafty Boomer at https://www.thecraftyboomer.com/home-sweet-potato-pie/