Sweet Potato Pie with Crunchy Cranberry Topping

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Served this for Thanskgiving, and this was hands down my favorite dessert on the buffet! The sweetness is just right, and the topping takes it over the top. Used fresh cranberries since they're in season, and the tartness combined with the texture of the cookies and nuts was out of this world.

The orange flavor is quite pronounced, which I loved - but there were some guests who found the orange overpowering. So if orange is not your favorite flavor, would recommending cutting back on the zest substantially.

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This was the first Thanksgiving that I have made sweet potato pie, since I didn't have a recipe that I already knew I turned to foodnetwork.com there were so many that sounded good that I couldn't just pick one so I made 3 different ones and this was the 2nd favorite of the bunch! The pie had good texture and looked good. I omitted the topping as I didn't have time to hunt down amaretto cookies locally, although I found them online. Also the mixing of frozen cranberries sounded like it could get a bit messy. The orange adds a nice surprise to the pie, and would say that's the highlight of this recipe. The others were an Emeril Lagasse recipe (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/sweet-potato-pie-recipe3/index.html and a Alton Brown recipe (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/sweet-potato-pie-recipe/index.html. The winner was Emeril's.

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I live in an area that is very limited to many food items in food network recipes, so the cookies for the topping couldn't be found, so I left it off. The pie itself was great. A nice change to the same ole same with sweet potato pie. The orange zest really adds alot to this pie and the overall texture is great as well. May make this as a new staple for the family holiday gatherings. Great recipe!

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I loved the tangy kick of the topping to this classic pie!

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This was the first sweet potato pie I've ever made and it was easy! It turned out so good that it will become part of our regular holiday menu. We omitted the pecans but the topping was still fantastic!

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I made this for my family's Thanksgiving dinner, and they all went crazy for it. I even had a professional chef ask for the recipe! The only change I made was to use macaroons instead of Amaretto cookies because, as others have said, they are impossible to find. I might make this every year.

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I made this for Thanksgiving. The filling is heavenly and so creamy, but I did not bake mine quite long enough. I baked it for 45 minutes, and it still needed at least another 10 minutes as it was not set in the center. I guess mine still had too much "jiggle." The cranberry topping was a disaster. It was not crunchy. It was goopy and messy (yes, cranberries were drained first and not very tasty. We don't have Amaretti cookies anywhere that I've seen around here, and I don't like the flavor of amaretto anyway, so I used gingersnap cookies instead. I will make this again and bake it longer and probably use the toasted pecans and gingersnaps chopped on top of a sweetened whipped cream as a topping instead of the cranberry. The filling is so good that it is worth trying again to perfect to our tastes (and to try to get the next one done in the middle!. Very easy to make.

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I found this recipe and have made it now 2-3 years in a row. Last time i did not have an orange on hand so i used orange extract. This year i used the orange zest. It was and always is amazing. The texture is so smooth and the taste is absolutely wonderful. I can't find amaretti cookies in part of the world so i could not use the topping. But even without topping it is mindblowing. The spices are not overpowering but enhance the pie with flavor. The crust is so easy to do, especially with a Food processor. There is nothing difficult about i, very easy to do.
I do not eat pumpkin pie or the traditional sweet potato dishes. This pie is the only exception.

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I made this recipe on Thanksgiving and the pie filling was wonderful. I found that 2lbs of potatoes made too much filling (nearly enouph for 2 pies. I also used less cranberry for the topping since cranberries are very tart.

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Could someone tell me what amaretto cookies are? Never seen them before.