Best Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

Sweet potato is a vegetable that many people love, but that just as many do not really have much experience with.

There are some great recipes out there for sweet potato, but the sweet potato pie is a great use of this super nutritious vegetable.

If you love sweet potatoes, this is a great recipe to try out and to really dive into.

Something you can make ahead for your party or dinner!

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Why I love Best Sweet Potato Pie Recipe?

• This is a delicious use of sweet potato
• Easy to make
• Great side dish or main dish

Is it better to boil or roast sweet potatoes for pie?

There is not really any way to decide what is best. Boiling is a fast and effective way to cook your potatoes and get them ready to mash for your pie. You can roast them, however, and it does give them a bit more depth of flavor. If you are working on a time limit and want to get it done quickly, boiling is faster.

Why do you put eggs in sweet potato pie?

Eggs work as your solidifying agent that helps to hold the pie together. They are what help to make the sweet potatoes into a thicker pie filling that is actually going to hold together and be able to be sliced and eaten.

How to serve Sweet Potato Pie Recipe?

This pie is often served as a dessert and is great with whipped cream or with brown sugar and marshmallows. This can be a side dish or a dessert and it can be served hot or cold depending on your personal preference.

Cooking Tips:

• Make sure your potatoes are cooked fully before mashing
• Make sure your filling is fully mixed
• Do not over bake as it will make your pie very dry and not appealing

Variations:

If you want to make your sweet potato pie a bit more interesting, you can add things like different spices, you can add raisins, and you can play around with the way that you serve it as well.

Ingredients:

• Sweet potato
• Pie crust
• Butter
• Granulated sugar
• Brown sugar
• Milk
• Eggs
• Vanilla extract

How to make Sweet Potato Pie Recipe:

Step 1. Place the sweet potato into a pot of water, and boil for 40 minutes. Remove immediately and place under cold running water. Once cool enough to handle, gently remove the skin.

Step 2. Add the sweet potato, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla to a mixing bowl and beat on high until smooth.

Adding the sweet potato and butter.

Adding the granulated sugar.

Adding the brown sugar.

Adding the vanilla.

Step 3. Put the eggs and vanilla into the bowl with the mixture and beat again until smooth and creamy.

Step 4. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Step 5. Pour the mixture into the frozen pie crust and bake for 40-50 minutes until set. Let cool completely to room temperature and then chill if desired before serving.

Best Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 6

Sweet potato is a vegetable that many people love, but that just as many do not really have much experience with. There are some great recipes out there for sweet potato, but the sweet potato pie is a great use of this super nutritious vegetable. If you love sweet potatoes, this is a great recipe to try out and to really dive into.

4.48 from 36 votes

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Ingredients 

• 1 large sweet potato, about a pound
• 1 Premade frozen pie crust not baked
• ½ C. Softened and unsalted butter
• ⅔ C. Granulated sugar
• ⅓ C. Brown sugar
• ½ C. Milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp. Vanilla extract

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Instructions

• Place the sweet potato into a pot of water, and boil for 40 minutes. Remove immediately and place under cold running water.
• Once cool enough to handle, gently remove the skin.
• Add the sweet potato, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla to a mixing bowl and beat on high until smooth.
• Put the eggs and vanilla into the bowl with the mixture and beat again until smooth and creamy.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Pour the mixture into the frozen pie crust and bake for 40-50 minutes until set. Let cool completely to room temperature and then chill if desired before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 453kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 104mg | Sodium: 170mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 35g

Author: Laura

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How to store Sweet Potato Pie Recipe?

If you are making this ahead, you do want to store it in the fridge in an airtight container if you have one, or wrapped in saran wrap if you do not.

How to reheat Sweet Potato Pie Recipe?

The best way to reheat this recipe is to pop it into the oven at a low temp until it is heated through.

How much does Best Sweet Potato Pie Recipe last on the fridge?

You can store your pie in the fridge for up to three days and you can store it in the freezer for up to a month.

Can I make ahead Sweet Potato Pie Recipe?

This is a great make-ahead recipe that you can make up to a month ahead and then freeze until you are ready to use it.

Related Recipes You Might Enjoy:

If you enjoyed the best sweet potato pie recipe ever, here are some other recipes you might enjoy.

Sweet Potato Fritter – This is a great recipe that you can make for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and can make for a side dish or a main dish. This has the flavor of a sweet potato with the crunch of a hashbrown.

Sweet Potato Pancakes – This is another great recipe, you can make this for breakfast. You get the fluffy texture of pancakes and the mouthwatering flavor of sweet potato all in one go.