Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie

[John DePaula]

Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie

Serves 12 as Dessert.

This is a simple Sweet Potato Pie that is decidedly NOT a Pumpkin Pie. My mother always made one of these at Thanksgiving, and it's just not the same without it.

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Ingredients

• 3 large sweet potatoes
  
• 8 T butter
  
• 3 eggs, beaten
  
• 5 fl oz evaporated milk
  
• 2 c sugar
  
• 1-1/2 T cornstarch
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 1 tsp lemon zest
  
• 2 9" Pie Shells (PÂTE SUCRÉE)
  

Peel sweet potatoes, then boil them whole; drain water.

Mash potatoes with butter. Lightly whisk the eggs and milk; add to potato mixture.

Combine sugar with cornstarch; add to potato mixture.

Finally, add vanilla extract and lemon zest.

Pour into pie shells. Bake at 350F (175C) until just beginning to brown.

Makes 2-9” (2-23cm) pies.

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Edited to Add: This pie freezes very well. Bake, cool, wrap in plastic wrap well, cover with foil, transfer to refrigerator for 1 day, then to freezer. To thaw, reverse the process and allow to warm to room temperature before removing the plastic wrap. This avoids condensation problems.

Keywords: Easy, Dessert, Pie, American

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