🏆 Nominate your top picks for this year's Carolina's Finest Awards for a chance to win $100! VOTE NOW

Recipes

Sweet Potato Pie & Maple Praline Sauce

Ingredients

Pastry for a single-crust pie (9-inches)
1¼ cups sugar, divided
1 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup mashed sweet potatoes
¾ cup buttermilk
¼ cup butter, melted
¼ cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon maple flavoring
¼ teaspoon ground cloves

Maple Praline Sauce

½ cup butter, cubed
½ cup chopped pecans
½ cup sugar
½ cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon maple flavoring
¼ cup sour cream

Directions

  1. Line a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate with pastry; trim and flute edges. In a small bowl, combine ¼ cup sugar, pecans and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly into pastry shell. Set aside.

  2. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, sweet potatoes, buttermilk, butter, syrup, maple flavoring, cloves and remaining sugar. Pour over pecan layer.

  3. Bake at 350 degrees for 60–70 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Cover edges with foil during the last 15 minutes to prevent overbrowning if necessary. Cool on wire rack.

  4. For sauce, in a small heavy skillet, melt butter. Add pecans; cook over medium heat until toasted, about 4 minutes. Add the sugar, syrup and maple flavoring; cook and stir for 2–4 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat; stir in sour cream. Serve with pie.

Recipe Courtesy Of

Taste of Home

Share Your Thoughts

Have a question about this recipe or just want to share what you thought? We’d love to hear from you!

Submit a Recipe

Submit your recipe for possible publication in Carolina Country magazine.