Sweet Potato/Streusel Pie With Cornmeal Pastry

Kittencalskitchen's Note:

The absolute best sweet potato pie recipe around. I have been making this forever. It has a fantastic flaky, melt-in-your-mouth cornmeal crust, with a delicious streusel topping...this is well-worth the effort to prepare, and actually is not hard to make, just takes a bit of time.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 25 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 deep di ...

CORNMEAL PASTRY

• 2⁄3; cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄3; cup cornmeal
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1⁄3; cup Crisco shortening , plus
• 1 tablespoon Crisco shortening
• 2 -3 tablespoons very cold water

FILLING

• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes (made with NO added ingredients)
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 2⁄3; cups evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ginger
• ¼ teaspoon clove

CINNAMON-PECAN STREUSEL

• 1⁄3; cup packed brown sugar
• 1⁄3; cup pecans , chopped small
• 1 tablespoon butter , softened
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

1. To prepare the pastry: Prepare a deep-dish 10-inch pie plate.
2. Mix flour, cornmeal and salt in a medium bowl.
3. Cut in the shortening, using a pastry blender, until size of small peas.
4. Sprinkle with cold water (1 tbsp at a time), tossing with a fork until all flour is moistened, and pastry almost cleans sides of bowl (1-2 tsp of extra water may be added if necessary).
5. Gather the pastry into a ball.
6. Shape into flattened round onto lightly floured surface.
7. Roll out pastry into a circle 2-inches larger than the outer sides of the deep-dish pie plate.
8. Place the pastry into pie plate; pressing firmly against bottom and sides.
9. Trim and flute pastry edge.
10. Heat oven to 425°F.
11. Set oven rack to lowest position.
12. In a bowl, beat eggs well.
13. Stir in all remaining filling ingredients; mix well.
14. Pour into prepared pastry-lined pie plate.
15. Bake for 15 minutes.
16. Meanwhile, prepare streusel topping by mixing all four ingredients.
17. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
18. Bake for 35 minutes longer.
19. Remove from oven; sprinkle streusel topping over pie.
20. Bake about 10 minutes longer, or until a knife inserted in center, comes out clean.
21. Cool completely on wire rack, about 2 hours.
22. Serve with whipped cream.

Reviews

[sweetcakes]

This pie was delicious! The cornmeal crust was very flaky, and was a bit hard to roll out...so I just pat it in the pan and it worked out great! This pie was so good cold the next day. In case anyone is wondering, 2 cups of sweet potatoes is 1 large yam/sweetpotato. I can't believe I am the first to rate this! Thanks for posting.