11-18-2013, 10:27 AM
Time to go down South and that means Sweet Potato Pie. Very easy to make, and no, it is not a fake pumpkin. Notice it does not have the gajillion spices pumpkin needs, the natural sweetness of the potatoes does the job with just a hint of orange from the zest. You can even make it safe for dieters by using Splenda and 1% milk (not skim). Personally I consider a single cup of sugar spread amongst 6-8 slices of pie to be acceptable.
Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
1 deep pie crust or two normal crusts
2 large or 3 medium Sweet Potatoes
3 eggs
½ stick butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 orange (for zest)
Set oven to 350 and put sweet potatos in to bake – 60-90 minutes until fully cooked through.
Cream together butter and sugar
Add eggs and vanilla to sugar mixture and beat together
Remove skin from sweet potatoes and chunk into sugar/egg mixture
Mash together potatoes and sugar mixture until combined into porridge like consistency
Zest the outer skin of the orange into the mixture – only the zest, not the pith
Add in ½ cup of the milk to the mixture and stir together
Add remaining milk a bit at a time and stir until it is a thick soup (may not need all the remaining milk)
Pour mixture into crust(s)
Bake 350 until a toothpick comes out clean from the middle (about 60-75 minutes)
Allow to cool, plain or top with fresh whipped cream
ohh, and you can use the juice from the orange in your fresh Cranberry sauce.. you do make it from scratch I hope.
Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
1 deep pie crust or two normal crusts
2 large or 3 medium Sweet Potatoes
3 eggs
½ stick butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 orange (for zest)
Set oven to 350 and put sweet potatos in to bake – 60-90 minutes until fully cooked through.
Cream together butter and sugar
Add eggs and vanilla to sugar mixture and beat together
Remove skin from sweet potatoes and chunk into sugar/egg mixture
Mash together potatoes and sugar mixture until combined into porridge like consistency
Zest the outer skin of the orange into the mixture – only the zest, not the pith
Add in ½ cup of the milk to the mixture and stir together
Add remaining milk a bit at a time and stir until it is a thick soup (may not need all the remaining milk)
Pour mixture into crust(s)
Bake 350 until a toothpick comes out clean from the middle (about 60-75 minutes)
Allow to cool, plain or top with fresh whipped cream
ohh, and you can use the juice from the orange in your fresh Cranberry sauce.. you do make it from scratch I hope.