Photo: Sweet Potato Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- Pastry Pie Dough for 1 (9-inch) pie pan or 1 (10-inch) tart shell, recipe follows
- 2 cups cooked sweet potatoes, peeled, boiled and drained and mashed
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 orange, juiced
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
Directions
Blind bake tart shell for 10 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven. In a mixing bowl, combine ingredients thoroughly. Pour sweet potato mixture into tart shell and return to 350 degree oven and bake for 25 minutes or until center is set.
Pastry Dough Recipe:
- 4 1/2 cups flour
- 12 ounces cold diced butter
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 3/4 to 1 cup ice water
In a food processor, combine the flour, butter and salt and pulse until the mixture is very coarse. Pour the flour/butter into a large bowl and add the ice water. Pour out onto a clean, flat surface into a large log. Using the palm of your hand, gently push and pull the mixture to form it into a dough. Do not knead, you are just slightly manipulating it.
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By Gayle Gene
on January 04, 2013
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This recipe was easy to make even though I have never made a sweet potato pie before. I have to confess that I've also never eaten sweet potato pie, so I have no standard by which to compare the results. I did use regular butter rather than unsalted, and the flavor seemed fine to me in that regard. However, I did think the pie needed more spices; compared to the pumpkin pie that I made the same day, it wasn't as flavorful. I did get lots of compliments on it, nonetheless. If I make it again, I will probably add some ginger and increase the amount of cinnamon. BTW, I had to bake mine about 45 minutes, not 25 as the recipe stated.
By nettie.black
on November 25, 2011
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I think the recipe was great. Maycook4 I don't know what you did in order for it to come out grainy and tasteless but I followed the recipe almost exactly and my pies came out fluffly and good. One thing I changed was I added a little more nutmeg and cinnamon because I like the taste and I used half a orange and a store bought crust.Thanks for the recipe. This was my first time making a homemade sweet potatoe pie.
By maycook4
on November 24, 2011
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The filling was grainy and tasteless. It wasn't sweet at all and barely had any spice. I absolutely hated it and let everybody know...which opened the door for agreement all around the table.
I went over the recipe, thinking I did something wrong...but I followed the directions.
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