While it looks like pumpkin pie, Sweet Potato Pie is a preferred and common holiday dessert for those in the Southern United States and families who were a part of The Great Migration to northern states from southern states. Pumpkin pie is a slightly less sweet dessert with an earthier flavor, while sweet potato pie is naturally sweeter and richer flavor with a silky and softer texture. Our recipe can be adapted for making dessert bars for a less formal feel.
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Southern Sweet Potato Pie
Yield: 8
Prep time: 40 MinCook time: 55 MinTotal time: 1 H & 35 M
Ingredients
Instructions
- Place pie crust in pie dish and crimp edges using thumbs and index finger. Set aside
- Place whole sweet potatoes in a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Boil until tender. Pierce with a fork to determine tenderness.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Remove sweet potato from the pot and run under cold water. Remove skin and discard.
- Mash sweet potato flesh and place in a bowl. Add butter and mix with an electric mixer until combined. Add sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla. Beat with mixer on medium speed.
- Pour sweet potato mixture into unbaked pie crust.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool.
- Serve with fresh whipped cream.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
390Fat
20 gSat. Fat
10 gCarbs
50 gFiber
2 gNet carbs
47 gSugar
28 gProtein
5 gSodium
249 mgCholesterol
79 mg