Sweet Potato Pie

ratherbeswimmin''s Note:

From Southern Living -- a classic sweet potato pie!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1⁄3; cup butter or 1⁄3; cup margarine , softened
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 eggs , lightly beaten
• ¾ cup evaporated milk
• 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ 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.

Reviews

[PixieDust]

Yummy! I couldn't wait until Thanksgiving to make this. Had to have it now. This tasted just the way my grandmother's did. Rich and flavorful sweet potato filling with a slight spiced touch. Thanks Nurse Di for a wonderful, comforting pie.

[Chef Ferret]

Yuppers is yummy, but for true southern yum bump up those spices by at least 1/2 and neither orange or lemon zest not hurt it....and for those that like it a little sweeter, maybe if you make two try a thin layer of streusel topping on one....and that's what I like about the south.

[SquirrelyWhirley]

Great recipe! I actually doubled the spices because we like our sweet potato pie spicy down in the south. My husband and friends loved it. I even gave some to my friends parents and they said it was the best sweet potato pie they had ever had.