Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth chimes in my head sang by the Southern band Alabama, and since I was a kid there was no better Thanksgiving dessert than my grandmother's sweet potato pie.
Ingredients
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1 (1-pound) sweet potato, with skin
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1/2 cup butter, softened
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1 cup white sugar
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1/2 cup milk
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2 large eggs
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1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 (9-inch) unbaked pie crust
Directions
1. Place sweet potatoes in pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Boil until tender when pierced with a fork, 40 to 50 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove sweet potatoes from the pot. Let cool, remove and discard skin. Break sweet potato flesh apart and place in a bowl. Add butter and mix with an electric mixer until well combined.
3. Add sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla; beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth.
4. Pour filling into unbaked pie crust.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 60 minutes. Cool completely before serving. Serve with a dig dollop of homemade whipped cream.