Grandma Bella's Sweet Potato Pie

By YogiRenee

Everybody has their own secret ingredient for a sweet potato pie. Finally, after decades of lackluster pies, I have perfected my recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 unbaked pie shells
• 2 1/2 lb raw sweet potatoes
• 3/4 cup softened butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup premium eggnog
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt

Details

Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 90mins

Preparation

Step 1

How to Prepare Sweet Potatoes for Pie

Wash and scrub large sweet potatoes. prick them with a fork and place them on a foil covered (shiny side up) metal baking pan that has been coated with vegetable spray. Bake in 400 degree oven for one hour.

Place the baking pan on a cooling rack. Carefully cut the hot sweet potatoes in half lengthwise so that they will cool more quickly.When the potatoes are cool, scoop out the insides and place them in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Process until potatoes are soft and fluffy.

*1. Place prepared sweet potatoes in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. With mixer on low, add butter. Add brown sugar and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Add egg nog and vanilla. Do not overbeat. Add cinnamon,cloves, ginger, nutmeg and salt.
*3. Pour batter into pie shells. Bake for about 1 hour, or until a tester inserted into pie comes out clean. the center of the pie should wiggle a bit. Cool 2 to 3 hours. Store in the refrigerator covered in plastic wrap.