Thursday, November 24, 2011

Sweet Potato Pie

Today being Thanksgiving I made a delicious assorment of dishes for the family and friends to enjoy. And ofcourse no meal is complete without a dessert. And thr dessert for today is the all time favourite Sweet Potato Pie.
                   This was a alternate choice for me, as my first choise for today's pie was pumpkin but I went shopping a bit late and by that time, the store I went to was completely empty of any canned pumpkins as well as fresh pumpkins. I know...UNBELIEVABLE. But, its true and luckily I had some sweet potatoes at hand. And they make a sweeeeeet Sweet Potato Pie

Sweet Potato Pie (Sweet potato mix baked in a home made pie crust)

Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients for Pie Crust:
  1. 1 cup all purpose flour
  2. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  3. 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  4. 1/2 cup chilled butter (put the butter in the freezer for 15 minutes before use)
  5. 1/4 cup chilled water
Mix the flour with salt and sugar and stir in chilled butter. Add 1 teaspoon water at a time and mix the dough till it comes together. make it into a ball and wrap in a plactic sheet and refridgerate for 30-60 minutes. Add some flour on a clean counter top and roll the dough into 1/4 inch thick pie crust. Add this to a pie pan.

The recipe is for one 9 inch pie crust
Ingredients for Sweet Potato Pie:
  1. 1 lb sweet potatoes boiled in a cooker for 3 whistles.
  2. 2 eggs
  3. 1/2 cup milk
  4. 2/3 cup sugar
  5. 1/2 cup butter
  6. 1/2 teaspoon each of cinnamon, ground nutmeg, vanilla essence
peel the sweet potato and mash them with a fork and let it cool. After it comes to room temperature add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
Add it to the pic crust and bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until a tooth pick or a knife inserted into the pie comes out clean.
Serve warm or at room temperature or cold with ice cream or whipped cream

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