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The smell of a hot fresh sweet potato pie on Thanksgiving is one
of the best smells in the world. I've always looked forward to
homemade pies on the holidays. It's my favorite dessert besides
banana pudding. If this is your favorite pie and you don't know
how to make it, this recipe is the easiest to follow.
If you just
want to impress someone with some homemade cooking my recipe will
win the award. The ingredients are very simple and inexpensive.
Hope you enjoy and are looking out for more of my recipes. With
this recipe you can make three sweet potato pies. You will need:
Five large sweet potatoes
1 cup of flour
2 cups of sugar
3 eggs (large)
1 tbsp of cinnamon and nutmeg
1 stick (1/2 cup) and 1 tbsp butter
1 tsp salt
Three pie crusts
Large bowl
First rinse potatoes with warm water. Get a large pot and boil
water, put the potatoes in the boiling water and let boil for
about at hour and a half, until tender. While the potatoes are
cooking turn the oven on to 300 degrees. Sit the butter out on
counter to soften. Once potatoes are done, let them cool off.
Peel all the skin off of the potatoes. Put them in a bowl and
smash them with a potato smasher whisk or whatever you have. Try
to get it creamy like mashed potatoes. Add your butter, eggs,
nutmeg, salt, cinnamon and a cup of sugar. Add in a half of cup
of flour and stir. Then add the rest of the flour, mix well.
Taste and see if it's tasting like that good old sweet potato
pie. If you need more sugar add it. Adjust to your taste; add a
little more of each to get that taste you want if needed.
I don't believe in measuring, I'm good when it comes to putting
in the right amount of ingredients. It runs in my family. We all
are great cooks and soul food is our specialty. All you need when
it comes to making home cooked meals is the right amount of love
and soul that's the secret to great cooking. Now, that the entire
pie filling is ready you are ready to fill in your pie crusts.
Pour filling into the pie crusts. Do not over fill, leave
enough room inside the crust so that the pie will rise and not
drip out of the pan inside the oven. Tip: You can spray a little
butter flavor cooking spray into the crust to give it that butter
tasting flavor.
Put the pies into the oven and let cook for an hour. When done
the top of the pie should be a nice brown color. Let cool for a
half an hour or serve fresh out of the oven. That's how you make
sweet potato pie. Hope you enjoy and it's um, um, so good.
Remember eat in moderation.
Reprinted with permission.
More sweet potato recipes:
Sweet Potato Surprise
Sweet Potato Casserole with Coconut
Southern Sweet Potato and Orange Casserole
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