Sweet Potato Pie

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown

Show: Good EatsEpisode: Potato, My Sweet

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (122)

Cook Time:
1 hr 15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
1 (9-inch) pie

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 15 min
Total:: 1 hr 25 min

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Ingredients

1 pound 3 ounces sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 1/4 cups plain yogurt
3/4 cup packed, dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
5 egg yolks
Salt
1 (9-inch) deep dish, frozen pie shell
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
1 tablespoon maple syrup
Special equipment: steamer basket

Directions

Put cubed potatoes into steamer basket and place steamer basket into a large pot of simmering water that is no closer than 2 inches from the bottom of basket. Allow to steam for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender. Mash with potato masher and set aside.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Place sweet potatoes in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat with the paddle attachment. Add yogurt, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, yolks, and salt, to taste, and beat until well combined. Pour this batter into the pie shell and place onto a sheet pan. Sprinkle pecans on top and drizzle with maple syrup.

Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until the custard reaches 165 to 180 degrees. Remove from oven and cool. Keep refrigerated after cooling.

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Comments & Reviews

recipe Sweet Potato Pie
Bailey royal oak, MI 11-18-2009
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I LOVE ALTON
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

i love alton and all recipes good eats rox
recipe Sweet Potato Pie
elizabeth cedarhurst, NY 11-18-2009
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Super easy substitiution
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I used tofutti sour cream in place of the yogurt to make it kosher parve and serve it with Turkey or Meat. It was just as... good! You can find lots of helpful hints on kosher cooking at www.gourmetkoshercooking.comRead more
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donya virginia beach, VA 11-13-2009
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sweet potato pie
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

The praline nut topping was great! Everything else was yucky!! The yogurt gave the pie a weird taste and texture and the... lemon over powered the gentle taste of the sweet potato. I'll stick to using evaporated milk and X the lemon. Sorry Alton, this is not a good Southern sweet potato pie recipe at all!!!!!!!!!!Read more
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john bellbrook, OH 11-11-2009
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WRITING A RECIPE!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Well pamela from jersey city, NJ, i'm sure there are a lot of people like me that thought the pie was great!!!!! IT SOUNDS... LIKE YOU NEED TO WRITE A COOK BOOK AND KEEP IT FOR YOURSELF, THANKS ROBRead more
recipe Sweet Potato Pie
PAMELA jersey city, NJ 11-11-2009
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sweet potato pie
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

TO THE FOLKS WHO DID NOT LIKE.....THIS RECIPE....everybody cooks different. this is how I was taught..this has been past down... by my greatgrands... 1 pound 3 ounces sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed 1 1/4 cups plain yogurt ( I WOULD NOT USE) 3/4 cup packed, dark brown sugar (NO) (U NEED REGULAR SUGAR) 1 N 1/2 C 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon (NO) 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg 5 egg yolks (THE WHOLE EGG) Salt 1 (9-inch) deep dish, frozen pie shell ( I PERFER THE SMALL) deep dish take longer and pie not cooked in the middle... 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted (I WOULD NOT USE) 1 tablespoon maple syrup (DON'T NEED) Special equipment: steamer basket (DON'T NEED) NEED BUTTER/OR UR DISIRED SUBSITUTE 1 STICK U NEED MILK (EVAPORATED) LEMON EXTRACT...NOT TOO MUCH remember to taste if it's good to you then bake if not add more and taste againRead more
recipe Sweet Potato Pie
Joann Mesquite, TX 11-06-2009
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sweet potatoe pie
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

i love that pie, joann sanford from dallas tx