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Short Cut Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients

  • 1 package mashed sweet potatoes*

  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

  • 2 extra-large eggs, beaten

  • 1 ¾ cups whole milk

  • 1 cup light brown sugar, packed firmly

  • 1 cup golden sugar

  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar

  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

  • 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

  • 2 1/2 tablespoons ground nutmeg

  • 1 ½ tablespoon vanilla extract**

  • 1 ½ tablespoon lemon extract

NOTE:

*Mashed sweet potatoes can be purchased from COSTCO

**if using imitation vanilla add 3 tablespoons to recipe

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Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees; thaw 4 frozen pie shells (regular or deep dish).  Wrap the pie shell edges with foil to prevent burning.

  2. Remove plastic cover from mashed sweet potatoes; microwave on HIGH for 7 minutes.  Remove from microwave and stir thoroughly.  

  3. In a bowl, combine all sugars, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg; stir to combine.  In a separate bowl, add eggs and milk; stir to mix. 

  4. Pour potatoes in an electric mixer.  Using a whisk attachment, beat the potatoes on low for 8 minutes until smooth and the potatoes are not stringy.  

  5. Stop mixer, remove whisk attachment and stir batter with spoon.  Add the flat attachment to mixer; start beating batter at low speed.

  6. Pour in sugar mixture, a little at a time.  Increase speed to medium; beat until well combined, about 5 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl and stir. 

  7. Pour melted butter into batter; mix for 1 minute.  Add both extracts into the egg/milk mixture; stir well.  Pour milk mixture into the batter while mixer speed on medium.   Beat until thoroughly combined, about 5-7 minutes (batter will become thin).  

  8. Stop mixer; stir batter with spoon.  Using a ladle, pour 2 scoops of batter the thawed pie shell.  Shake pie to even out the batter.   For the deep dish pie shell:  ladle 3 scoops of batter into the deep dish shells; shake pie to even out the batter.  

  9. Cook in oven for the following pies:  Regular Pie: 60-65 minutes until pie is firm.  Deep Dish Pie: 65-70 minutes until pie is firm.

  10. Remove from oven and let cool on wire rack.  Makes 4 pies.

NOTE:

After 60 minutes, insert a toothpick in center of pie; if it comes out clean the pie is done, if not cook and additional 5-10 minutes

 

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