Roasted sweet potatoes and all the traditional warm spices combine in a beautiful, and sweet pie. This will become one of your favorite sweet potato recipes and surely your favorite pie recipe.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword crust, pie, sweet potato
Budget Frugal
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour8 minutesminutes
Cooling time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour43 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 385kcal
Equipment
Pie Pan standard 9" pie plate
Baking sheet
Medium saucepan
Food processor
Bowl with lid for chilling the filling
Ingredients
2cupsmashed cooked sweet potatoesuse 2-3 large fresh sweet potatoes
¾cuppacked brown sugar
1 ¼teaspoonpumpkin pie spice
½teaspoonground nutmeg
½teaspooncinnamon
⅛teaspoonsalt
4tablespoonsbuttermelted
10ouncesevaporated milkdivided
3large eggslightly beaten
½cupgranulated sugar
1tablespoonvanilla extract
1Prepared pie crustor store-bought pie shell
Instructions
Puncture three large washed sweet potatoes (yams) several times with a fork. Roast the sweet potatoes in a 350 degree oven, unpeeled, until a knife slides in easily, about 20 minutes.
Allow the sweet potatoes to cool until safe to handle, then peel and cube them. Place the cubed sweet potatoes in a food processor and pulse until smooth.
Measure out 2 cups of sweet potato puree and put in a medium-sized pot with the packed brown sugar, the spices, salt, the ½ stick melted butter, and one 5 oz can of evaporated milk.
Heat over a low flame, whisking until the brown sugar is completely dissolved and the mixture begins to bubble. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
In a medium-sized bowl, beat the three eggs with a fork. Add the second can of evaporated milk, granulated sugar, and vanilla to the eggs and continue beating until creamy.
Pour the cooled sweet potato mixture into a large bowl. Stir in the egg mixture. Blend thoroughly with a whisk and refrigerate until ready to use.
Pour the filling into a single unbaked pie crust. Bake in a 350 degree oven until the pie puffs up and the center is only slightly jiggly. Approximately 68 minutes.
Remove from oven and allow to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate.
If you wish to use the crust cut-out decoration it is best to add them just before serving.
Notes
Nutritional information does NOT include the pie crust(s).