Sweet Potato Pocket Pies

Submitted by MadCity Dale

"This recipe is taken from "the ultimate GULLAH cookbook", a book about the African American Gullah people, a taste of Food, History and Culture from the Gullah people of southeastern USA. I have slightly embellished the original recipe to put the sweet potatoe into a pastry to be a finger food vegetable. These pocket pies will be served at the Northside Farmers Market JuneteenthFest. A great tasting food combining USA's low country cooking and Australia Pocket Pies. Options are to combine sweet potatoes with a can of sliced small white potatoes. Pies are less sweet and more like a side vegetable. Or put any other vegetables you'd like to combine with sweet potatoes-bell peppers, hot chili's, leeks, etc."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 3 large sweet potatoes
• 113.39 g butter, softened
• 118.29 ml light brown sugar
• 118.29 ml granulated sugar
• 14.79 ml vanilla extract
• 14.79 ml cinnamon
• 14.79 ml nutmeg
• 340.19 g can evaporated milk
• 236.59 ml water
• 2 ready-made pie crusts

directions

1. Wash potatoes and leave peelings on.
2. Place in pot, cover with water, bring to a boil, boil until slightly tender, about 10-15 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and water, let cool 30 minutes.
4. Start to preheat oven to 375°F.
5. Remove peelings with edge of spoon, either thinly slice or mash potatoes with backside of a large spoon.
6. Spray a regular cupcake pan with non stick spray for baking.
7. Line each cupcake hole with pie crust (use a round cookie cutter or upside down glass to cut the dough in circle).
8. Fill pasty to 1/4 inch of top with slices or mashed potato.
9. Combine sugar, spices, evaporated milk and water in a jar with a lid. Shake to blend well and cover sweet potatoes with the blend. Place a "dollop" of butter (about 2 teaspoons) on top of each pie.
10. Bake for 40 minutes at 375°F.

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

Made these for a BBQ potluck recently as well as to see how they worked out before making them for an up-coming finger food buffet that I'm planning! Well, I used the very orange colored yams for this & they turned out great ~ WONDERFULLY DIFFERENT & VERY TASTY! Thanks for a keeper of a recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in the current Pick-A-Chef]