Southern Sweet Potato Pie is a southern tradition for fall and Thanksgiving. It’s a simple pie made from fresh sweet potatoes, sugar, eggs, flour and fall spices.
In a buttery pie crust with a dollop of whipped cream, this southern dessert is a memorable one.
Sweet Potato Pie vs Pumpkin Pie
Sweet potato pies have a very similar taste and texture to pumpkin pie, but I prefer sweet potato pie. Typically a pie made with sweet potato is a little lighter in texture and sweeter with less spice and I think sweet potato pies are more buttery.
Ask any southerner and they will tell you that sweet potato pie is greatly superior to pumpkin pie.
Tips For Making Southern Sweet Potato Pie
- I love to use this Flaky Pie Crust recipe, but a store-bought pie crust or your favorite homemade one is just fine.
- You’ll need 1 cup of mashed sweet potato for this recipe. I bake a few medium to large sweet potatoes until they are very soft. Let them cool and then peel the skin off. Hand mash them really well.
- Instead of baking them, you could peel the sweet potatoes, cube them, and boil them in water until soft, but I find they have better flavor if you bake them.
- This pie is done when it jiggles in the center just slightly when you shake it.
- Can be served chilled or at room temperature.
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Southern Sweet Potato Pie
Southern Sweet Potato Pie is a southern tradition for fall and Thanksgiving. It's a simple pie made from fresh sweet potatoes, sugar, eggs, flour and fall spices.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup mashed sweet potato
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 (9-inch) unbaked pie crust
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place sweet potato and butter in a mixing bowl and use an electric mixer to beat until smooth.
- Add brown sugar, granulated sugar, milk, eggs, vanilla extract, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and flour. Beat until smooth.
- Pour into pie crust. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until center is set.
Video
Notes
I like to refrigerate this pie before serving, but you can serve it warm.
Use either a homemade pie crust, refrigerated or frozen pie crust.
My favorite way to make mashed sweet potato is to bake them until very soft, peel the skins off and then mash them. Two medium to large sweet potatoes should be enough for 1 cup of mashed sweet potato.
Nutrition
Calories: 387kcal
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Excellent
Super delicious, airy. I baked the sweet potatoes and reduced the sugar to 1 cup. Perfect.
Awesome flavor. Tastes like my mom’s 😍
Easy following recipe, few ingredients, suggestions 4 even better taste with alternative means (bake or boiled sweet pots). I LOVE this pie over pumpkin, love that 1 too, but flavor of sweet soooo much better. Even found spices 2 go with sweet potato over “pumpkin pie spices”! Made it tasted it shared it! Pie on sweet freaks.
I have made other sweet potato pies, but have tried to imitate the ones I used to see in Anse La Butte, Louisiana when I worked there for a couple of years. The ‘pies” were the size of muffins, but flat like tarts, and made in muffin tins or those litte aluminum tins. And they were made for men to take to work in their “dinner boxes.” They are perfect for kids’ lunch boxes and for after school snacks. It also had some other spice, but being a culinary dullard, I haven’t the foggiest. Might be something to work on. Hmmm
Thanks for a good take off poimt!
GREAT ADDITION to the table. Easy to make.
Your recipe title says Southern Sweet Potato Casserole instead of Pie.
Very tasty
I made this last Thanksgiving and going to bake it again this year. My family love it. Very good!
So good!!! First time ever. Ate an entire pie myself. Good thing I doubled up for two.