Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 1/2 cup butter (salted/softened) 1 stick
- 1 large egg
- ¼-½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼-½ cup brown sugar
- 8 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 9-inch deep dish frozen pie crust https://www.pillsbury.com/products/pie-crust/pet-ritz-deep-dish-pie-crust
Instructions
Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Place the sweet potatoes onto a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil.
- Bake for one hour or until tender. Check by piercing with a fork. Once done, peel the skins off the potatoes and add the pulp into a mixing bowl.
Assemble Pie
- Line one cookie sheet with aluminum foil. This helps in case there's any spillage.
- Place frozen pie pan onto cookie sheet. Thaw for 10 mins.
- Using a fork, poke the bottom of the pie crust 4-5 times. Bake for 10 minutes and remove from the oven. This helps the pie crust from becoming soggy when adding the filling.
- After baking, lightly sprinkle the bottom of the pie crust with cinnamon or cinnamon sugar.
- Reduce the temperature of the oven to 350°F.
- Using an electric mixer, on SLOW setting, beat the sweet potatoes until creamy. Next add the butter, condensed milk, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, sugars, and egg until well mixed. NOTE: The amount of sugar used depends on size and quantity of the potato pulp. I prefer to use 1/2 cup for both brown and white sugars. However, you can start off with 1/4 cups of sugar each, taste it and adjust to your liking BEFORE adding eggs.
- Pour the filling into the pie pan. Optional: lightly sprinkle cinnamon on top.
- Bake the sweet potato pie for 30 minutes.
- Lightly cover the pie with aluminum foil to keep the crust from burning.
- Bake the sweet potato pie for an additional 30 minutes.
- Check that the filling is not "jiggly". If it is, bake for another 10-20 mins.
- On a cooling rack, let sit for 1-2 hours to allow for easy and even slicing. You can also place in the refrigerator.
- When ready to eat, heat in the microwave for 30 seconds and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a dash of cinnamon.
- If there's any pie left, store in a refrigerator.
Notes
- You can "roast" the sweet potatoes in an air fryer at 400 degrees F for 45 minutes.
- Be sure to poke holes in the potatoes at least 4 times on each side of the potato.
- Turn over the potatoes midway during cooking.