My Mama's Sweet Potato Pie |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This is the recipe my mother gave me for her delicious sweet potato pie. Because it is a Mama recipe, the measures are approximate and vary based on your taste and the natural sweetness and moisture of the sweetpotatoes Ingredients:
4 medium sweet potatoes |
1/2 cup butter |
3/4 cup brown sugar |
1 1/2 cups white sugar |
4 -6 eggs |
1 cup milk |
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
3 regular frozen pie crusts or 2 frozen deep dish pie shell, thawed |
Directions:
1. preheat oven to 350.
2. dock thawed crust with a fork all over, bake for 10 minutes or until golden, set aside.
3. Boil or bake potatoes until soft.
4. peel potatoes while still warm and whip with a hand mixer to remove the strings.
5. add butter, then mix.
6. add sugar next.
7. then add remaining ingredients
8. taste for sweetness.
9. and pour into crusts.
10. bake for 20-30 minutes or until set.
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