Southern Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

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Southern Sweet Potato Pie

  • 3/4 c. sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
  • 2 c. hot cooked mashed sweet potatoes
  • 2 tbsp. butter
  • 3 eggs, unbeaten
  • 1 1/4 c. milk
  • 1 tsp. grated lemon rind
  • 9 inch unbaked pie shell

Mix together the first 5 ingredients. Add sweet potatoes and butter. Mix well. Cool. Beat in eggs. Stir in milk and grated lemon rind. Bake at 400 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes or until done.

This recipe from cooks.com makes one pie.

Easy Southern Sweet Potato Pie

  • 4 med. sweet potatoes, baked and sliced 2 c.
  • 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 3/4 c. sugar
  • 1 stick butter, soft

Cream sugar and butter with mixer. Add rest of ingredients, mix and pour into unbaked 9 or 10-inch pie crust. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce to 350 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes.

(Mixer will pick up all the strings in sweet potatoes so they can be removed.)

This recipe from cooks.com makes one pie.

Southern Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1 (9-inch) pie shell, unbaked
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 cup mashed sweet potatoes
  • 3/4 cup evaporated milk
  • 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 2 eggs, at room temperature
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • Pinch salt

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine flour and sugar. Add remaining ingredients; mix well.
  2. Pour into pie shell. Bake 55 to 60 minutes.

- This recipe from CDKitchen.com for Southern Sweet Potato Pie serves 8

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