Sweet Potato Pie

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Submitted by grannyrose on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 15:16

Summary

Yield
SourceDorothy's Cookbook (Grannyrose)
Prep Time5 minutes
RecipeBeverages

Description

My first grandson's favrite

Ingredients

  • 2 1⁄2 c sweet potatoes
  • 3⁄4 c heavy cream
  • 1 t nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1⁄2 c sugar
  • 1⁄2 t salt
  • 2 t pure vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven 350 degrees. Peel and cube sweet potatoes. Cover with water, add salt and cook until tender. Drain sweet potatoes. In a large mixing bowl add sweet potatoes, butter and sugar and mix well. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. add cream, seasonings, and 2 teaspoons of vanilla. In two 9 inch pie plates add your favorite pie crust and pour mixture in to each. Bake for 1 hour until center is set.

Notes

I serve this for every holiday. It is a variation of my mothers. She sometimes uses canned sweet potatoes and evaporated. I like fresh sweet potatoes better but I use evaporated milk sometimes.
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