Southern sweet potato pie
By
Tiphane Fleming
@cooker93
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Mom always cooked a sweet potato pie during the holidays, so whenever I cook one, it always brings back fond memories. Simple yet full flavored. I don't count the process of cooking the potatoes as part of the prep time because you can bake them anytime before hand and store them for later use.
Ingredients
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4sweet potatoes, small to medium
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1 can(s)sweetened condensed milk
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1 1/2 tspcinnamon
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1 1/2 tsppumpkin pie spices
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2 tspvanilla extract
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2eggs
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1 cflour
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1/2 cbutter, softened
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2 Tbspsugar
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1/2 tspcinnamon
How to Make Southern sweet potato pie
- Prepare potatoes according to preference. Some cooks boil their potatoes, I prefer to bake them,I believe it draws out and enhances the potato's natural sugar giving the pie a much better flavor. Plus it easier to peel because the potato separates from the skin during baking.
- Once potatoes are cooked, peel and mash. I've found these wonderful beauties can be stringy,to elevate that, I run my hand held mixer through it a few times. The strings wrap around the blades and I rinse them down the drain. You'll have a smoother filling for sure.
- Add condensed milk, spices, extract, and eggs and mix well.
- Prepare your crust by mixing flour, butter, sugar, and cinnamon together.
- Press into 9 inch pie pan.
- Pour pie filling in and bake in preheated oven at 350' for 1 hour.
