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Sweet Potato Pie Recipe – Soul Food

Name: Sweet Potato Pie Recipe - Soul Food
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Filling; 1 lb sweet potatoes (peeled & chopped); 2 medium sized eggs; 1/2 cup evaporated milk; 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg; 1/4 tsp ground ginger; 1 cup granulated sugar; 8 tbsp salted butter (softened); Pie Dough/crust; 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 cup cold salted butter (diced or shredded); 1/4 cup butter flavored shortening; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 1/2 tbsp ice water

Southern Sweet Potato Pie, Soul Food Style made completely from scratch!

Hey Y’all! I’ve been getting a ton of requests for a homemade soul food style sweet potato pie. You know the kind with a flaky & buttery crust made completely from scratch. The kind of sweet potato pie recipe that reminds you of your grandmothers. Well, let me tell you that I have tried many sweet potato recipes in my life, but I do have a favorite one. Which one is my favorite? I would have to go with the recipe that I shared back in 2012. That recipe consist of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a few other simple ingredients. These past couple years, I have changed a few ingredients , and I have totally perfected it.

Let me show and tell you how I make my revised sweet potato pie recipe!

For my sweet potatoes, I use yams, which in the USA, are still sweet potatoes, but they have orange flesh. I think using yams makes a prettier sweet potato pie, because of the color. I also think that it tastes better!

As mentioned, this is my revised recipe for my sweet potato pie that I uploaded back in 2012. I use a lot of the same ingredient, however I also use a couple of different ingredients as well!

Instead of using half & half, I use evaporated milk
I use less eggs. For this pie, I used 2 large eggs ( in the video I said one egg, but its 2 eggs!).
I use bourbon vanilla extract, but you can use regular vanilla extract ( use real vanilla, not imitation.)

I changed my pie crust recipe up for old fashioned sweet potato pie. This time it will be more flavorful! I added more sugar, a combination of butter & butter flavored shortening. I love a nice buttery crust when it comes to my sweet potato pies, so that’s why I use real butter. I also like a nice flaky crust, and the combination of shortening and buttery always result in having a buttery flaky pie crust.

These days (for the filling) instead of boiling whole sweet potatoes, I wash, peel, and chop the sweet potatoes in cubes. I find that it cooks faster, and it’s actually a lot easier that way.

This is definitely my favorite sweet potato pie recipe. It’s easy, and doesn’t call for a lot of ingredients. It makes the perfect holiday or any occasion dessert

Watch the tutorial!

*****2016 Update: I bake the sweet potatoes instead of boiling them. I think that the flavor and texture is much better this way! Other than that, I still use the same ingredients listed below..

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