Author Notes: Last holiday season I followed a tradition of my mother’s and made her sweet potato pie. The results? Better than delicious, light–melt in your mouth good. —Talaia
Serves: 8-10 per pie
Ingredients
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6
sweet potatoes
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4
eggs
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1/2
cup cup evaporated milk
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1
cup raw sugar
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2
sticks of softened butter
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1
dash of salt
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1
cup flour
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1 1/2
teaspoons nutmeg
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1 1/2
teaspoons cinnamon
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1
teaspoon vanilla extract
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1
teaspoon lemon extract
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1
teaspoon orange extract
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3-4
baked pie crusts
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Bake sweet potatoes until soft/allow to cool.
- Place pie crusts in the oven and bake for 5 minutes.
- Remove skins from sweet potatoes and place in a large bowl.
- Add butter, and milk. Mix.
- Add salt, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, flour, vanilla, lemon & orange extract. Beat at a medium speed.
- Add eggs one at a time and beat until texture is smooth.
- Pour filling into pie crusts and bake pies at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
- Pies will puff up like a souffle and settle as they cool.