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Dessert Recipes

Sweet Potato Pie

Description

From Southern Living -- a classic sweet potato pie!

Ingredients

  • 1⁄3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, softened
  • 1⁄2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 3⁄4 cup evaporated milk
  • 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
  • 9 inches unbaked pie shells

Directions

  1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
  2. Add eggs; mix well.
  3. Add milk, sweet potatoes, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt; mix well.
  4. Pour into pie shell.
  5. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes.
  6. Reduce heat to 350 degrees; bake 35-40 minutes longer or until pie tests done.
  7. Cool; Store in refrigerator.