Today is the first official day of Fall! We had a pretty bad storm roll through last night, lots of thunder and lightening to go along with it.
I was surprised when I woke up this morning and went outside to see if we had received any damage. No damage but, instead I found much cooler weather outside.
Perfect for our first official day of Fall. It is 4:00pm right now and our temperature is 66 degrees, it doesn't get much better than that.
With all the rain we have been having and now the cooler weather it sure isn't hard to get a bit excited about baking some Fall Treats.
I was surprised when I woke up this morning and went outside to see if we had received any damage. No damage but, instead I found much cooler weather outside.
Perfect for our first official day of Fall. It is 4:00pm right now and our temperature is 66 degrees, it doesn't get much better than that.
With all the rain we have been having and now the cooler weather it sure isn't hard to get a bit excited about baking some Fall Treats.
Today I am bringing you a recipe for Southern Sweet Potato Pie. I had a few sweet potatoes that needed to be used.
I had planned on making sweet potato casserole but hadn't gotten around to it yet. So instead I just decided on baking a pie.
I love both pumpkin pie and sweet potato pie I really can't decide which one I like best. My son Carson loves pumpkin pie so that is what I told him I was making.
I wanted to see if he would eat the sweet potato or if he could tell the difference. I like to bake my sweet potatoes instead of boiling them.
I think the Sweet potatoes are so much more creamier when mashed plus they don't absorb a lot of water like they do if you boil them. This sweet potato pie recipe turned out awesome, of course I knew it would.
I saw Pat and Gina Neely preparing this recipe on their show and it looked so good. In the end Carson loved the pie so I guess he couldn't tell the difference.
He does think it is pumpkin pie, but I wont tell him any different. LOL Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
Start by baking the sweet potatoes for 1 hour in the oven on a baking sheet. Or bake in the microwave
. When done let cool and remove the sweet potato pulp from the inside. Set aside. In a medium bowl, beat together butter, sugar, and brown sugar until creamy.
Add eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice and salt.
Add evaporated milk and stir mixture into sweet potatoes.
Beat together with mixer until smooth.
Pour into an unbaked pie shell. Bake on bottom rack of oven for 1 hour or until center of pie is firm.
If the crust begins to brown to quickly remove pie from the oven and cover the edges with aluminum foil. Continue baking until pie is done.
Serve warm. Add dollop of whipped cream if desired.
Southern Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
4 - medium sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
1/2 - stick butter, softened
1/4 - cup sugar
3/4 - cup brown sugar
2- eggs, beaten
1 - teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 - teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 - teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 - teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 - teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 - teaspoon salt
3/4 - cup evaporated milk
1 - unbaked single pie crust
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Bake sweet potatoes for 1 hour in the oven on a baking sheet. Or bake in the microwave.
When done, let cool. Scrape the pulp out of the skin, transfer to a large bowl, and mash.
Set aside. In a medium bowl, beat together butter, sugar, and brown sugar until creamy. Add eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice and salt.
Add evaporated milk and stir mixture into sweet potatoes. Beat together with mixer until smooth and pour into an unbaked pie shell.
Bake on bottom rack of oven for 1 hour or until center of pie is firm. Serve warm. Add dollop of whipped cream if desired.
If the pie crust begins to brown to quickly cover the edges with aluminum foil and continue baking.
Recipe courtesy of: Food Network "Calleys Sweet Potatoe Pie"
Recipe courtesy of: Food Network "Calleys Sweet Potatoe Pie"
17 comments:
Tina,
This looks so great! Wish I could have a bite right now. I also wish it were 66 here, instead of 96!
Hold out hope for cooler weather. hopefully Texas will push it your way. LOL The pie was so good I cant wait to make it again. Thanks for stopping by.
Oh my, that looks delicious and puts me in the mood for fall!
Perfect. It is still rather warm here but I'm all decked out for the Fall.
Thanks so much for this recipe!! My hubby is allergic to pumpkin, so this year I am trying a sweet potato pie :) This one is bookmarked for sure.
We had cool weather today after all the rain and thunder yesterday here in MO. I think our high was in the upper 60's. Pretty good for the first day of fall! I've actually never eaten sweet potato pie. I like pumpkin pie though. I need to give it a try :)
Fall started in Ohio at 5:18 P.M.
The weather sounds great!!! And so does the baking...:-)
Susan
Looks so yummy! Your blog is great! Love the recipes, pics, everything!
Tina, I love sweet potato pie. I also can't decide which one I prefer, pumpkin or sweet potato. So a slice of each is the best way to go. :)
Oh, it looks sooooo yummy! I love pumpkin pie, I'm sure I would love this too. :-)
Yum, sweet potatoe pie is by far my favorite. I'm going to make my own for the first time this fall. I WILL be baking my sweet potatoes instead of boiling them. Thanks so much for sharing.
~ingrid
Oh, you're so right on about Fall! Nothin' says it like a sweet potato pie(or pumpkin, I'm not picky)! Thank you for the tip about baking the potatoes. Do you just bake em like regular pots and then scrap em out and mash the pulp? Does that help get rid of the little stringies that can show up in sweet potato stuff? And thank you for leaving a comment about the rolls. They are my go-to Sunday dinner rolls, but if you try them and can recommend a better recipe, I would love to hear about it. Thanks for all the scrumptious food!
I just bake the sweet potatoes like regular potatoes. Prick them with a fork for the steam to escape. I do mine 4 min at a time in the microwave. When they are soft they are done. Let cool and spoon out the sweet potato pulp and toss in the bowl to mix with the other pie ingredients. Ya know the sweet potatoes were not stringy at all. I did hear that some ppl have that problem of stringy sweet taters. Mine weren't.
I made this sweet potato pie for Thanksgiving! It was a hit! Yum! Thanks for the recipe!!
Just wanted you to know that your sweet potato pie is the same as my recipe with the exception of the sugar. I use 1/2 cup. Makes a very good pie. We serve it with vanilla ice cream. I love your site.
Looks yummy! 4 sweet potatoes equal how many cups?
I don't know exactly since all sweet potatoes are sized differently. I just get 4 medium size and use those. I got this recipe from the food network and that is what the recipe states. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
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