Sweet Potato Molasses Pie Food

OLD FASHIONED MOLASSES PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Combine flour and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• Using a pastry blender, cut in butter/butter substitute until mixture is fine crumbed.
• Pour molasses in a separate mixing bowl.
• In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil.
• Add 1/4 cup boiling water and baking soda to molasses.
• Stir until mixture is foamy/frothy and rises.
• Pour molasses mixture into pie crust/tin.
• Sprinkle the flour mixture over molasses, stirring it in until combined.
• Even out top of pie.
• Just to prevent a mess - place pie tin on a cookie sheet - this pie can bake/spill over.
• Bake for about 25 minutes. Pie will rise and then start to settle.
• Cool on wire rack. We enjoy this perfectly plain, but some walnuts or pecans would compliment this nicely. Enjoy :)

SWEET POTATO PIE IV

Steps:

• Boil until tender, peel, and mash sweet potatoes.
• Mix sugar, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• Add molasses and sweet potatoes; beat well.
• Stir in half and half, egg yolks, and sherry.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff, fold into mixture, and pour into the pie shell.
• Put into a preheated 425 degree oven.
• Reduce heat to 375 and bake about 35 minutes.
• The pie will be brown and set in the middle. Serve warm or cold with whipped cream.
• ** If no alcohol is wanted, simply delete it from the recipe but the taste will be completely different.

SWEET POTATO AND MOLASSES MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Line 12 large muffin cups with foil muffin papers.
• Puree potato in processor. Measure 1 cup puree and transfer to bowl. Mix in eggs, then milk, molasses and butter. Add all remaining ingredients and stir until just mixed. Divide batter among muffin cups. Bake until springy to touch and tester inserted into center comes out with just a few moist crumbs, about 25 minutes. Transfer to rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

SWEET POTATO-MOLASSES PIE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, cook raw sweet potatoes or yams in enough boiling salted water to cover for 20 to 25 minutes or until tender. Drain. Cool slightly and peel. Mash cooked or canned sweet potatoes (you should have 1-1/2 cups.) Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine mashed sweet potatoes, brown sugar, molasses, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt. Add eggs and milk; mix well.
• Pour sweet potato mixture into unbaked pie shell. Cover edge of pie with foil. Bake in 375F degree oven for 20 minutes. Remove the foil. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes more or until a knife, inserted halfway between the center and edge, comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack. Cover and chill to store. Serve with sweetened whipped cream, if desired.