Sweet Potato Pie and I Shut My Mouth

[Matt_Bloodletter]

Does anyone have a favorite recipe for sweet potato pie? I tend not to like to much (or any) "pumpkin pie spice" and the pies I've tried in the deep south like Atlanta have not had that.

But my bias aside - what is your favorite?

Thanks!

 

[_JP_]

I made a couple sweet potato pies suing a recipe that I looked up online. Of the several recipes that I found, none of them had pumpkin pie spice in them. Don't recall the link, but I'm sure you could find something to your liking that way.

 

[Phog Allen]

Matt, for what it is worth you can do the same with pumpkin. It is after all a squash and responds just as well to savory treatments as it does sugar and holiday spices. I have not had a sweet potato pie in a long time. Maybe I should remedy that.

Cheers, Todd

 

[Deltaboy]

Mom uses Nutmeg and Brown Suger for Sweet Potato pie.

 

[Matt_Bloodletter]

I'm a huge redneck so it has to be sweet potato. Any country songs on Pumpkin pie? I think the spices I don't like much of that virtually every recipe has are cinnamon and ginger. I love cinnamon, and like ginger in small amounts but together make it indiscernible from pumpkin pie. The obvious solution is to not use those ingredients but I'm more interested in what the experts here like.

I do have one recipe which I've used before but I just don't know how authentic it is (from foodnetwork). I've made this and it gets great compliments.

Sweet Potato Pie
Recipe Courtesy of Curtis Aikens
Prep Time:
25 min
Inactive Prep Time:
0 min
Cook Time:
1 hr 0 min

Ingredients
1 9-inch unbaked fluted pie shell
2 medium sweet potatoes, diced
1 stick unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
Serves:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place the potatoes in cold water, bring to a boil and cook until tender, 15-20 minutes. Drain, and mash the potatoes while hot with the butter and sugar.

Let this mixture cool slightly and stir in the beaten eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Bake 45 minutes to one hour, or until set.

 

[Alacrity59]

Yes to all above and massive amounts of walnuts and brown sugar on top for a crust.