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Sweet Potato Pie

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For me sweet potato pie is the pie that holiday memories are made of! In my family on both sides – we didn’t eat pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving or Christmas – it was sweet potato pie all the way! In fact I think I was probably in Junior High before I actually ate a piece of pumpkin pie – yep – school cafeteria! I wasn’t impressed and in fact I really didn’t like it at all. I couldn’t understand why there was pumpkin pie everywhere but no sweet potato pie. Well it didn’t take me long to find out that sweet potato pie was something my relatives made and most of the black families in my hometown. It was our pie. All I can say is “yea”! Today sweet potato pie has gone main stream. You can even buy sweet potato pie filling and sweet potato pies already made from some grocery stories and online stores like Amazon! I’m old school and I go the “DIY” route, but if you’re so inclined to buy your pie, be my guest and bon appetit! But if you want to make your pie I’m here for you! If you have a question or concern, just send me an email – I’ll hold your hand and walk you through it! It’s easy as pie!

Sweet Potato Pie
 
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Yummy sweet potato pie with a homemade crust! Unbelievably good!
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Soul/Southern
Ingredients
  • 3-5 medium sized sweet potatoes (2-3 cups mashed)
  • ½ c. granulated sugar
  • ½ c. brown sugar
  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 stick melted butter
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp pure lemon extract
Instructions
  1. Peel, cut and boil sweet potatoes.
  2. Cook under tender, drain.
  3. Whip potatoes using a food processor, hand mixer or potato masher.
  4. Add melted butter, sugar and seasonings. Mix to incorporate.
  5. Beat eggs and mix together with milk.
  6. Add to sweet potato filling and stir to incorporate.
  7. Add filling to food processor in batches and process each batch till smooth. Pour into prepared pie shells. If time is not on your side and you need a short cut, use store bought pie shells. If you have the time, make your own pie crust. The recipe that follows is quick and easy!
Pie Crust
  1. - 3c. AP flour - sifted
  2. - 1tsp salt
  3. - 2 sticks of cold butter or 1 c lard or shortening
  4. - ½ c. ice water
  5. Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl. Add fat with a pastry cutter or two butter knives. Slowly add cold water just to form a ball. Mix just to combine and dough holds together. Sprinkle with a little flour if sticky to make dough easier to handle. Divide dough into two balls and refrigerate to chill and rest dough. Roll dough out to no more than ¼" thick. Place into 9" pie pan/s and flute edges. Chill dough one last time. Pour sweet potato pie filling into chilled pie shell (deep dish or regular pie pan). Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, until center is set and toothpick comes out clean.

Sweet Potato Butter – A Honey Hush Recipe!

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Sweet Potato Butter

 

 

 

Sweet potato butter is something I have had on my mind for a long time. I knew I wanted to make it, didn’t know if anyone else had done it or if I’d be a sweet potato butter pioneer! Well I have found a couple of recipes online but I haven’t found any are made with just sweet potatoes – they all use apples, apple juice, apple cider or apple something! So needless to say, I’m not really following their recipes cause I’m not adding apples to my sweet potato butter! Anyhow, the first time I made it, I was so in love with the taste of it and so glad I made it. When trying to describe it all I could come up with was “honey hush”. “Honey hush” was one of my Aunt Winnie’s favorite sayings.  I can remember her talking to someone (usually on the phone) and when they would say something that she was intrigued by, tickled by or impressed by, she would say “Honey Hush!”.  I can still hear her saying it and to honor her, I have a “Honey Hush” category for my site. Dishes that are particularly fabulous – like sweet potato butter, will be given the special category designation of “Honey Hush”! It’s kind of like saying “shut the front door” or “shut up” today, but with so much more pizazz and sass! Honey Hush!!! I actually made two different batches of sweet potato butter. One is brown sugar sweet potato butter, which is a deep, rich, brown due to the brown sugar and the cooking time used. The other is more the color of sweet potato pie because granulated (white) sugar is used. Both are delicious but I think the brown sugar sweet potato butter has a deeper, richer flavor and looks similar to apple butter. I promise you though, there were no apple products used in the making of this product! 🙂

 

Sweet Potato Butter – A “Honey Hush” Recipe!
 
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This sweet potato butter is great on biscuits, toast and muffins. It's also an excellent addition to a food gift basket or care package and it makes a special treat for the holiday or special occasion breakfasts! You can use fresh, frozen or canned sweet potatoes - whatever's handy! And before you ask I don't know why every other recipe you see adds apples or apple juice or apple cider or apple something to their sweet potato butter. I don't see any recipes adding sweet potatoes to apple butter so I really don't get it! I've been eating sweet potatoes all my life and I can tell you that they don't need any help from apples, they can handle flavor all on their own!
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Serves: 1 pint
Ingredients
  • 1 (29 ounce) can sweet potatoes
  • 1T pumpkin pie spice
  • 1T ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 C granulated sugar
  • ½ C brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ¼ tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ tsp allspice
Instructions
  1. Combine sweet potato in liquid, spices, and sugar in a large saucepan; stir well. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 2 hours until reduced and thickened. Stir frequently. Puree using a food processor or immersion blender. Cook until all visible liquid is evaporated and you are left with a creamy, smooth spread.
  2. Transfer to sterile containers and chill. Serve with homemade biscuits. Will keep 2-3 weeks in the refrigerator.
Notes
For a sweet potato butter that is a true sweet potato color, use granualated sugar. If you want a sweet potato butter that has a deeper flavor and color, use brown sugar. Brown sugar will make your sweet potato butter look more like apple butter, but it does not affect the sweet potato taste. The optional spices ground ginger and ground allspice are there if you like sweet potatoes with lots of rich, fragrant spices. They simply ramp up the flavor. For sweet potato butter with the more main stream, candied sweet potato taste, simply add cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla and omit the extras!
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2 tablespoons