Recipe: Delicious Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie

Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie. Mashed sweet potatoes - does that mean boil cut-up sweet potatoes or use sweetned from the can. I prepared this recipe using actual sweet potatoes and served this pie as my only desert for my. An old-fashioned, southern sweet potato pie recipe kick up with brown butter a splash of citrus!

It brings out such a rustic, naturally sweet flavor. Bake Paula Deen's Old-Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie recipe from Food Network, spiked with bourbon, cinnamon and ginger, then topped with homemade meringue. Old-fashioned sweet potato pie brings back memories. You can have Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie using 11 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie

You need 2 cups of peeled and cooked sweet potatoes.
It's 1 1/4 cup of sugar, divided.
It's 1/2 stick of butter, melted.
It's 2 of eggs.
Prepare 1 tbsp of vanilla extract.
It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
You need 1/4 tsp of cinnamon.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of ginger.
Prepare 1 cup of milk.
Prepare 1 of 9in unbaked pie crust.
You need 3 of egg whites.

The wonderful smell of a freshly baked sweet potato pie is so fulfilling. Sweet potato pie was usually made on holidays or special occasions. Way back in the day, neighbors and family would make sure they would drop by to say hello just to get a. Our Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie will take you back to grandma's kitchen with just one bite!

Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie step by step

Preheat oven to 350..
In a mixing bowl, mix together the sweet potatoes, 1 cup of sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, salt, and the spices..
Incorporate well..
Add the milk and continue mixing..
Once mixed, pour into the pie crust..
Bake for 45 minutes..
When pie has 10 minutes left, begin the meringue..
In a glass or copper bowl, (I use glass) beat the egg whites to soft peaks..
Beat in 1/4 cup of sugar a tbsp at a time and beat well after each tbsp..
Beat until stiff peaks form that are glossy and not dry..
After 45 minutes, remove the pie from the oven..
With a rubber spatula, transfer the meringue onto the pie. Make sure to touch the crust all around to cover completely..
Place back in oven for 9-12 minutes to lightly brown the meringue..
Remove from oven and let cool before serving..

This sweetpotato pie recipe is a classic that the whole family will enjoy. Whether you are entertaining guests or just in the mood for a week-night treat, this recipe does not disappoint. For my sweet potatoes, I use yams, which in the USA, are still sweet potatoes, but they have orange flesh. I think using yams makes a prettier sweet potato pie I changed my pie crust recipe up for old fashioned sweet potato pie. This time it will be more flavorful!