Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

Ah a sweet tooth, everyone has one and everyone craves some form of sweet, so whether it is chocolates or sweet potatoes. And what better way to enjoy sweet potatoes than in a pie. Here are some recipes for sweet potato pie.

Sweet Potato Pie
Here is an easy recipe for sweet potato pie.
Ingredients:

• A 9-inch unbaked pastry shell.
• Sweet potatoes, mashed and cook - 3 cups.
• Butter - ¼ cup.
• Sugar - 1 ¼ cups.
• Large eggs - 2.
• Evaporated milk - ¼ cup.
• Nutmeg - 1 teaspoon.
• Cinnamon - 1 ½ teaspoons.

Preparation:

• Take the sweet potatoes and butter in a large mixing bowl and blend well.
• To this add the sugar and eggs. blend with a blender on low speed till it is smooth.
• To this add milk and spices and bled well.
• Pour this mixture into a pastry lined pie shell.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

Sweet Potato Pie
This is another recipe of a sweet potato pie but uses pecans.
Ingredients:

• A pastry lined pie shell.
• Sweet potatoes, cooked and peeled - 2 cups.
• Unsalted butter - ½ cup.
• Light brown sugar - ½ packed cup.
• Large eggs, beaten slightly - 2.
• Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon.
• Ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon.
• Ground ginger - 1 teaspoon.
• Ground nutmeg - ½ teaspoon.
• Salt - ¼ teaspoon.
• Orange juice, brandy or bourbon - 2 tablespoons.
• Dark corn syrup - ½ cup.
• Pecans halved - 1 cup.

Preparation:

• Take the pie crust and using a fork make a few holes in it. Bake this in a preheated oven at 425 degrees for 12 minutes and set it aside.
• Mash the sweet potatoes with a quarter cup of butter. Let it cool and then add heavy cream, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, spices and the brandy, bourbon or orange juice according to your preference.
• Mix the other quarter cup of butter to the corn syrup and pecans. Pour this evenly on top of the pie. Add all of this to the pie crust and put it in the oven at the same settings for 25 minutes.
• Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Mississippi Sweet Potato Pie
This one's call the Mississippi sweet potato pie and is quite a favorite among sweet potato lovers.
Ingredients:

• Butter that has been softened - 4 ounces.
• Cooked and mashed sweet potatoes - 2 cups.
• Granulated sugar - 2 cups.
• Evaporated milk - 1 small can of 5 ounces.
• Vanilla - 1 teaspoon.
• Eggs that have been beaten - 3.
• Cinnamon - 1 ½ teaspoons.
• Unbaked pie shells - 2.

Preparation:

• Mix the butter, mashed sweet potatoes, sugar and evaporated milk and make sure it is well blended.
• Add vanilla, eggs and cinnamon to this and mix very well.
• Pour all this into the pie shells.
• Bake these at 350 degrees in the oven for 1 hour till it is well cooked.

Sweet Potato Pie with Marshmallow Meringue Topping
Ingredients:

• Crushed graham crackers - 1 ½ cups.
• White sugar - 1/3 cup.
• Butter melted - 5 tablespoons.
• Salt - ½ teaspoon.
• Canned sweet potatoes, mashed - 1 ½ cup.
• Brown sugar - 1 packed cup.
• Whipping cream - 1 cup.
• Vanilla extract - 1 ½ teaspoon.
• Large eggs - 3.
• Ground cinnamon - ¾ cup.
• Ground mace - ¼ cup.
• Salt - ¼ teaspoon.
• Miniature marshmallows - 2 cups.
• Milk - 1 tablespoon.
• Egg whites - 2.
• White sugar - ¼ cup.

Preparation:

• Set the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit and let it preheat.
• Take the crushed graham crackers, 1/3 cup white sugar, butter and 1/8 teaspoon of salt and mix it in a mixing bowl. Spread this mixture at the bottom of the pie pan.
• Let the graham cracker bake in a preheated oven for 5 minutes till it is golden brown. Remove this and let is cool on a rack.
• Preheat the oven again at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• For the pie filling, take the sweet potato that have been mashed in a mixing bowl. To this add the brown sugar, whipping cream, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, mace and salt and whisk it till it is smooth and blended.
• Pour this mixture in the crust.
• Bake the pie in the preheated oven till it is set, for 45 to 50 minutes. Remove the pie from oven and let it cool.
• For the marshmallow meringue topping, take the marshmallows and milk and put them in a pan. Cook on low heat and stir till the marshmallows are melted. Keep doing this till the mixture is fluffy.
• Take the eggs white in a different mixing bowl, and beat till it is soft and fluffy. Slowly add the ¼ cup white sugar and keep beating. Add the vanilla and salt and add this mixture to the marshmallow mixture and spread this over the pie.
• Put the pie back again in the oven and bake for 5 to 10 minutes till it is golden and toasty.