Name: Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Unbaked pie crust - 1 (9 inch); Cooked and mashed sweet potatoes - 2 cups; Eggs - 2; White sugar - ¾ cup; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon; Ground ginger - ½ teaspoon; Ground cloves - ¼ teaspoon; Light cream - 1 ⅔ cups; Butter, softened - 3 tablespoons; Packed brown sugar - ⅔ cup; Chopped pecans - ⅔ cup

Recipe information

Cooking:

10 min.

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Ingredients for - Sweet Potato Pecan Pie

1. Unbaked pie crust - 1 (9 inch)

2. Cooked and mashed sweet potatoes - 2 cups

3. Eggs - 2

4. White sugar - ¾ cup

5. Salt - ½ teaspoon

6. Ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon

7. Ground ginger - ½ teaspoon

8. Ground cloves - ¼ teaspoon

9. Light cream - 1 ⅔ cups

10. Butter, softened - 3 tablespoons

11. Packed brown sugar - ⅔ cup

12. Chopped pecans - ⅔ cup

How to cook deliciously - Sweet Potato Pecan Pie

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

2. Stage

Bake sweet potatoes until fork-tender, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool until easily handled.

3. Stage

Peel and mash sweet potatoes. Make sure all lumps are removed, straining if necessary.

4. Stage

Lightly beat eggs. Blend together eggs and sweet potatoes. Stir in sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Blend in cream. Pour into pie shell.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes, or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge of pie comes out clean. Cool completely on a rack.

6. Stage

Make the caramelized pecan topping. Combine butter or margarine, brown sugar, and pecans. Gently drop by spoonfuls over cooled pie to cover top. Broil 5 inches below heat until mixture begins to bubble, about 3 minutes. Watch carefully, if cooked too long, top will turn syrupy. Cool on rack.