Down Home Sweet Potato Pie
Author: Sharron Marbury
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 2 9-inch pies
- 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
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Bake pie shells for 7-8 minutes. Remove from oven.
- In a large pot boil whole sweet potatoes until tender. Approximately 55 minutes.
- Cool the potatoes and remove the skin. Cut the potatoes into manageable pieces.
- Place the potatoes in a large mixing bowl. Use a mixer to remove lumps from potatoes.
- Gradually add other ingredients one at a time to the potato mixture continue mixing at the same time.
- Add sugar, butter, eggs, milk, cinnamon, allspice, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, salt, and vanilla extract
- Pour the pie filling into 2 pre-baked pie shells.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 50 minutes, or until the toothpick inserted into the center of the pies comes out clean.
- 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/
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