sweet potato pie
Recipes
Desserts
Sweet Potato Pie
Sweet Potato Pie is a classic Southern dessert featuring a smooth, spiced sweet potato filling baked in a flaky pie crust. Its creamy texture and warm flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg make it a comforting, soulful treat!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups canned sweet potatoes or 2 to 3 roasted, peeled and pureed sweet potatoes
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, softened
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- pinch salt
- 1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell, homemade or store-bought
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the sweet potatoes and 1/2 cup of the sugar, as well as the eggs, butter, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Beat until thoroughly blended and smooth. Pour the mixture into the pie shell and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Allow the pie to stand for 15 minutes before baking to allow the sugar to melt.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool before serving.
