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Terri's Original Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients

  • 8 large sweet potatoes

  • 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, melted

  • 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar 

  • 1 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed

  • 2 tablespoons All-Purpose flour

  • 1 1/2 tablespoons ground nutmeg

  • 1½ tablespoons ground cinnamon

  • 1 1/2 tablespoon lemon extract

  • 3 tablespoons vanilla extract

  • 3 large eggs

  • 2 cups whole milk

  • 8 frozen pie shells

  • prepare batter the day before for a better tasting pie.

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NOTE: this recipe usually makes 6-8 sweet potato pies

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Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°; place yams on a sheet pan and bake for 1 hour until tender.  Remove from oven and let cool.  Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.

  2. Let pie shells thaw out and pierce holes in the bottom; wrap foil around the edges of pie shell.

  3. Peel potatoes and mash in a large bowl; stir in melted butter. 

  4. Lightly mix together the eggs and milk in a small bowl; pour mixture into sweet potato batter then pour batter into the mixer and beat well until smooth.  Add vanilla and lemon extracts; mix well. 

  5. Using another bowl, stir together both sugars, flour and spices; mix well then pour dry ingredients into the mixer with the sweet potato batter; beat until well blended and smooth.

  6. Use a small spoon to taste batter to make sure the batter is sweet enough.  If the batter isn’t sweet enough, add an additional ½ cup granulated sugar; mix well.  

  7. Pour batter into pie shells and smooth out.

  8. Place pie shells on baking sheet and bake 60 minutes until pie shells brown.

  9. Remove foil from pie-crust and bake additional 15 minutes. Let pie cool on wire rack.

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