🍠🥧 Sweet potato pie
Sweet potato pie is a classic dessert made with mashed sweet potatoes, sugar, milk, eggs, and spices baked inside a pie crust. It’s especially popular in the southern United States and often served during Thanksgiving and Christmas.
🧾 Ingredients
- 2 cups mashed Sweet potato (about 2–3 medium sweet potatoes)
- 1 cup sugar (brown or white)
- ½ cup butter, melted
- ½ cup milk or Evaporated milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Nutmeg
- 1 Pie crust
👨🍳 Instructions
- Cook the sweet potatoes
- Boil or bake them until soft, then peel and mash.
- Prepare the filling
- In a bowl, mix mashed sweet potatoes, sugar, butter, milk, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Fill the crust
- Pour the mixture into the pie crust.
- Bake
- Bake at 175–180 °C (350 °F) for 50–60 minutes until the center is set.
- Cool and serve
- Let the pie cool before slicing.
🍽️ Serving Ideas
Sweet potato pie tastes great with:
- Whipped cream
- Vanilla ice cream
- A sprinkle of cinnamon on top
🌟 Fun Fact
Sweet potato pie is often compared to Pumpkin pie, but sweet potatoes give it a richer and naturally sweeter flavor.
✅ If you want, I can also show you:
- A 5-ingredient easy sweet potato pie
- A no-bake sweet potato dessert
- How to make sweet potato pie without eggs or milk.
