Old-Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie

by Missy

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SERVINGS

2 pies scale / convert

INGREDIENTS

2-1/4 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1-1/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
2 eggs, beaten
2 cans (5-1/3 oz. each) evaporated milk or
1 can (13 oz.) evaporated milk
2/3 cups milk
2 9-inch unbaked pie crusts

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine sweet potatoes & butter, mixing until blended. In a separate bowl combine sugar, flour, and spicies. Mix well. Add to sweet potatoes mixture. Blend eggs and milk. Add to sweet potatoes mixture. Pour mixture into pie crust. Bake at 425°F for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temp to 350°F and continue baking for 40-60 minutes or until knife inserted to center comes out clean.

CHEF COMMENTS

Easy and very delicious!! The hardest part is cooking and mashing the sweet potatoes.

TAGS

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2 Recipe Reviews

Cathy

Cathy reviewed Old-Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie
Can you use canned sweet potatoes instead of freash? November 15, 2001

delight

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I made this for Thanksgiving and it was delicious. Next time, I'm going to cut the amount of white sugar and add some brown sugar for a nicer brown color. I love the spices and will also try adding vanilla extract. Delightful. Thanks for the recipe. November 26, 2006