Family Favorite Sweet Potato Pie Food

SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Fill a large pan with boiling water from the kettle and set over a medium-high heat. Cook the whole, unpeeled sweet potatoes for 30 mins until very tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife. Drain well and leave to cool for 10 mins, then peel.
• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Unravel the shortcrust pastry and use it to line a 23cm fluted tart tin. Line with baking parchment and fill with baking beans, then bake for 20 mins. Remove the parchment and beans and bake for another 5 mins.
• Tip the peeled sweet potatoes into a large bowl with the butter and mash with a potato masher until completely smooth. Tip in the sugar, milk, eggs, spices and vanilla and whisk until everything is combined and smooth.
• Tip the sweet potato filling into the pastry case, smoothing the top with a spatula. Bake for 50-55 mins until the pastry and the surface of the pie is golden and the middle is set. Leave to cool completely in the tin, then remove to a cake stand or serving plate and cut into slices to serve.

MY MOM'S SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Place pie shells in 350°F oven for about 5 minutes, or till just barely brown; set aside.
• Place remaining pie ingredients in blender container and whirl till well-blended.
• Pour equally into the 2 pie shells.
• Place in 350°F oven; bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or till filling is set.
• (Note: if crust begins to get too brown during cooking, use strips of aluminum foil along the crust ridges to keep from over-browning) While pie is cooking, glaze may be prepared: Place ingredients for glaze into mixing bowl and blend with electric mixer until smooth.
• Drizzle glaze over pies while they are still warm.

JO MAMA'S SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Blend sweet potatoes with butter.
• Add eggs, sugar, nutmeg, vanilla and cinnamon; stir in milk.
• Turn into pastry shell and bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.