Sweet potato pie is a traditional pie with origins in the southern parts of the United States of America, and it’s especially popular in North Carolina. The dessert is prepared as an open pie without the top crust; its interior usually filled a combination of milk, eggs, sugar, and mashed sweet potatoes.
American Sweet Potato Pie
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Medium4
servings10
minutes1
hour30
minutes300
kcal1
hour40
minutesSweet potato pie is a traditional pie with origins in the southern parts of the United States of America, and it’s especially popular in North Carolina. The dessert is prepared as an open pie without the top crust; its interior usually filled a combination of milk, eggs, sugar, and mashed sweet potatoes.
Ingredients
3 lbs Sweet Potatoes/Yams
1 ¼ Cups Granulated Sugar
1 Cup Brown Sugar
4 Eggs
¼ Cup Milk
1 Cup Butter
1 Tbsp Self-rising Flour
2 Pie Crusts
1 tsp Lemon Extract
2 tsps Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Nutmeg
1/8 tsp Ginger
½ tsp Kosher Salt
Directions
- Preheat Oven 350 degrees.
- Add the potatoes to a large pot of water then boil for 30 minutes or until your potatoes are easily pierced by a fork. After 30 minutes remove the pot from the heat then rinse with water and peel the potatoes.
- Place the peeled potatoes in your mixing bowl add the melted butter then mix well.
- Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt, vanilla extract, lemon extract, flour, milk and eggs.
- Transfer the batter to the pie shells and then transfer the pies to the preheated oven and bake for one hour.
- After one hour remove them from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool.
