Sweet Potato Pie. This creamy sweet potato pie is subtly spiced and slices beautifully! We suggest baking up a few sweet potato pies around the holidays to give to friends and family. Sweet potato pie is a traditional dessert, originating in the Southern United States.
It is so simple to make and equally as tasty. Make this homemade southern heathy sweet potato pie recipe from scratch using whole, unrefined ingredients this holiday season! It's so easy to make and your guests won't even know it's healthy! You can have Sweet Potato Pie using 17 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Sweet Potato Pie
- Prepare of pie filling.
- Prepare 6 of medium sweet potatoes.
- It's 1 cup of brown sugar.
- It's 4 of eggs.
- Prepare 1/2 of squeezed lemon.
- You need 1/2 tsp of cinnamon.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg.
- You need 1 can of evaporated milk.
- You need 1 tbsp of all-purpose flour.
- You need 1 stick of butter.
- It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- Prepare of whipped topping.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of whipping cream.
- It's 3/4 cup of powdered sugar.
- You need of pie crust.
- You need 1 box of store bought pie crust.
It's everything a traditional homemade sweet potato pie should be - extra smooth, with a light and flaky pie crust that melts in your mouth. If you grew up in the South, chances are high you've been to. 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. This homemade sweet potato pie is sweetened solely with dark brown sugar and flavored with warm fall spices.
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.
It sits atop a buttery homemade pie crust. Sweet potato pie tastes very similar to pumpkin pie. Of course, pumpkin and sweet potatoes have their own unique flavor but the spices used in each pie are the same. A lightened-up sweet potato pie recipe, perfect for Thanksgiving. While most dessert pack empty calories, this dessert is made with healthy sweet potatoes, which are high in beta-carotene and.