Sweet Potato Pie

Vino Girl's Note:

I looked through the sweet potato pie recipes here and could not find one quite like this. The topping makes it different. From Reiman Publications' "The Country Cooking Recipe Collection Prize-Winning Pies."

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 1.0 pie

PIE

• 2 eggs
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ¼ cups sugar
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 ½ cups sweet potatoes , cooked and mashed
• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shells , premade or homemade

TOPPING

• 1⁄3; cup butter
• 1⁄3; cup flour
• ½ cup brown sugar , packed
• ½ cup flaked coconut
• ½ cup pecans , chopped
• whipped topping (optional) or ice cream (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425°F
2. Combine topping ingredients together; set aside.
3. In a large bowl, beat eggs; add milk and vanilla.
4. In another bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg; add to egg mixture.
5. Add sweet potatoes and beat until smooth.
6. Pour into pie shell.
7. Bake for 15 minutes.
8. Keep pie in oven - reduce heat to 350F and bake for 30 minutes longer.
9. Sprinkle topping over pie; return pie to oven to bake another 10-15 minutes, or until the topping is golden.
10. Cool on a wire rack.
11. Serve with whipped topping or ice cream, if desired.
12. Store leftover pie in the refrigerator.

Reviews

[kitchendiva]

This was an incredible pie, and relatively easy to make. I shared it with colleagues this evening and was told it was the best pie they had ever had....most of whom had never had sweet potato pie. Loved the topping! I followed it to the T and would highly recommend this recipe to anyone!

[Jesnme]

I followed the recipe to the T and it came out perfect. The DH went nuts over it and said not to make pumpkin pies anymore - just sweet potato! The topping is very good and had some left over - the DH used it for ice cream topping. This is going to be my main dessert for Thanksgiving.

[Chef Stam]

Made this recipe for a holiday party at work and it was a huge hit. The topping is outrageous! I agree the filling is a bit on the thin side and needs a little more cooking time, but the taste is great, and the texture smooth. BTW I used 1 large YAM i/o Sweet Potato.