Sweet Potato Pie
This Southern sweet potato pie bakes up creamy and warmly spiced in a buttery crust, easy enough for Sunday supper and special enough for your holiday table.
Servings: 8
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 (9-inch) unbaked pastry shell
- 1 lb (2 medium)sweet potatoes cooked
- ½ cup butter (softened)
- 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk (NOT evaporated milk)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs - beaten
Instructions
- Bake sweet potatoes (oven method) in a 425-degree oven for about 45 minutes, until tender. You can also cook the potatoes in the microwave on hight for about 8 minutes until done. Let the potatoes cook slightly.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In large bowl, mash sweet potatoes with butter.
- Add condensed milk, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, mixing well with a whisk or hand mixer.
- Add in eggs.
- Pour into prepared pastry shell.
- Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean.
- Pie can be served warm with whipped cream. Makes 1 (9-inch) pie. Store leftovers in refrigerator.