Sweet Potato Pie

3.5/5 rating (11 votes)

Category: Desserts, Holiday
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Whipping the egg whites lends an airy boost to this Sweet Potato Pie, lightening up its earthy goodness. Keep it local by using some North Carolina sweet potatoes — after all, our state is the No. 1 producer in the country.

Ingredients

2 small–medium sweet potatoes, roasted or canned
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ginger
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
2 eggs (whites and yolks separated)
19-inch unbaked pie shell

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Mash your sweet potatoes well and combine with sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, vanilla, milk and egg yolks in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Fold egg whites into pie filling. Pour into an unbaked pie shell.
Bake for 10 minutes; reset oven to 375 degrees and then bake about 30 minutes or until filling is set.

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Recipe courtesy of Christa Grosvenor of Eure, a member of Roanoke Electric.

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Comments (2)

I made this pie as the direction described. The pie rose beautiful I gave it a extra 5 minutes in the oven. When I took it out it began to fall. It seem to be set and not jiggly. I haven cut it yet but do you think I did something wrong or was it supposed to fall?
Dusty Lineberry |
November 19, 2022 |
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- Hello Dusty,
  It sounds to us like you did everything correctly! Yes, the pie will puff up a bit in the oven but then deflate somewhat as it cools. Hope it tasted delicious!
  Carolina Country |
  November 23, 2022 |
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