Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie
I like to think of John as the Yin to my Yang. The Abbott to my Costello. What can I say? Valentines Day is tomorrow and we have that dorky kind of love. See, John and I balance each other out. I like cookies and cakes and he prefers pies and pastries. He dislikes creams and cheeses and, well, I love them. He enjoys all types of vegetables, I tolerate very few. See where I’m going with this? Every now and then I give in and make something special just for him. I don’t have to get my way all of the time… just most of the time.
Sweet Potato Pie is something he loves more than video games (and he loves his video games.) With the big Feb. 14 tomorrow I figured baking him one of his favorite sweets would be a nice way to say “Thanks for putting up with me for the past 7 years.” I wish I had a witty story to go with this recipe but to be honest I can’t remember the first time I made it.
Sweet Potato Pie is one of those pies usually reserved for the holiday’s, namely Thanksgiving. Since that’s when sweet potatoes seem to be the most abundant. Luckily I found some in our grocery store recently, thank goodness for living in farm country! I did get a little lazy with the crust and went with a package pie crust mix from Betty Crocker – it didn’t come out too pretty either. Don’t worry – I’ll tell you how to make a pie crust later because I’m not loving this crust.
This is more of an Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie. I didn’t use a food processor to puree the sweet potatoes, instead I boiled them then mashed them like in the olden days. Here’s the recipe – feel free to play around with the spices and sugar. Twist it up and make it yours and be sure to tell me any changes you make and how it comes out!
Have you ever made your own Sweet Potato Pie?
Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 stick butter melted
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 12 oz. can evaporated milk
- 9- inch unbaked pie crust
- salt start with 1 tsp.
- ground cinnamon start with 1/2 tsp.
- ground ginger start with 1/2 tsp.
- nutmeg start with 1/2 tsp.
- ground cloves or mace start with 1/4 tsp.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- Bring the sweet potatoes (still in their skin) to a boil in a covered pan with 2 - 4 cups of water. Cook until tender (when a knife inserts easily.) Set potatoes aside to cool.
- While the potatoes are cooling prepare your pie crust.
- Once the potatoes are cooled enough to handle peel them and dump them in a large bowl. Mash with a potato masher or something similar.
- Mix in both sugars, butter, eggs, vanilla and spices. Whisk together for 4 - 5 minutes until well blended.
- Mix in the milk and whisk for another minute or two until thoroughly blended.
- Pour the filling into the pie crust and bake for 1 hour.
- The pie is done when there is little to no jiggle to the filling.
