The real deal. The classic. Learn how to make the best, authentic, southern sweet potato pie with my two techniques and one special ingredient that'll blow any other recipe out of the water.
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There's no such thing as Thanksgiving without sweet potato pie in this house.
Neva. Not eva!
The wonderful sweet potato! A flavor power-house on it's own, unlike it's pumpkin rival. Our Thanksgiving is packed with the good stuff, from candied yams, to sweet potato casserole, to pie.
Actual pumpkin doesn't have very much flavor, and the canned stuff is actually just a mix of winter squashed pureed together and canned.
Did I bust your Thanksgiving dream bubble? No worries, because with one taste of my sweet potato pie, you will forget all about pumpkin pie. Maybe not pumpkin spice lattes, but at least pumpkin pie.
And I'm about to tell you my secrets to the best sweet potato pie ever!
In this recipe we roast the sweet potatoes, then rice them in an affordable potato ricer to remove and break up the inner strings, so your custard base is smooth, silky, and so flavorful.
Have you ever had the sweet potato side-dishes at a chain steakhouse like Outback or Texas Roadhouse? Then you know the rich, delicious flavor of a roasted sweet potato with melting butter and cinnamon. Same thing here, except we have more spices added to the mix like ginger, nutmeg, allspice, clove, and...
Black pepper!
Yes, black pepper adds a bit of something extra to your sweet potato pie, the freshly cracked pepper actually released its oils and becomes a spice that sort of reminds me of what salt does in sweet dishes, gives the main flavor some oomph. And we like oomph.
It's what separates the real 'put your foot in it, this recipe is from my great-great grandma' pies from the everyday, 'its on trend so I gave it a shot' pies.
Add this to your Thanksgiving table and watch at how fast it disappears!
You can find my recipe for my favorite, easy pie crust here, which fits into a 9 inch pie dish and make two crusts (for two pies, maybe?)
Looking for more Thanksgiving recipes? Check out:
Sweet Potato Chiffon Pie
Southern Slow Cooker Green Beans
Baked Creamy Mac and Cheese
Grandma Reid's Candied Yams
Sister Schubert's Rolls Copycat
Smooth and Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Easy Pan Gravy
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Southern Sweet Potato Pie
The real deal. The classic. Learn how to make the best, authentic, southern sweet potato pie with my two techniques and one special ingredient that’ll blow any other recipe out of the water.
Ingredients
- 6 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 stick butter, softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground allspice
- ⅛ tsp freshly cracked black pepper, finely ground
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ¾ cup evaporated milk
- 1 unbaked pie crust, 9 inch
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
- Bake sweet potatoes for 1 hour in the oven on a baking sheet. When done, let cool slightly. Peel the skin off of the potatoes and rice them, with a potato ricer, into a large bowl. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, beat together butter, sugar, and brown sugar until creamy. Add eggs, vanilla, spices, and salt. Add evaporated milk, then add mixture to sweet potatoes in the large bowl. Beat together with whisk or electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Pour into your unbaked pie shell.
- Bake on bottom rack of oven for 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or until center of pie is firm. Serve warm or let cool completely with a dollop of whipped cream.
Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 329
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Eden Westbrook is the recipe developer, writer, and photographer behind Sweet Tea and Thyme. A classically trained chef, Eden has inspired home cooks into the kitchen with cultural comfort foods, easy family-friendly eats and sweets, and glorious spreads for date night and entertaining since 2015.
I will be trying your recipe this thanksgiving and I’m super excited about it! Is it possible to use whipping cream instead of evaporated milk? I’m wondering if it’ll add a level or richness to it...also what do you think of adding fresh squeezed lemon juice to sweet potato pie?
Substituting heavy whipping cream will not allow the pie to set correctly. It has too much liquid and way more fat than evaporated milk. Baking is chemistry, it can’t have substitutions without knowledge of the chains that bind it together. As for the lemon, that’s up to taste but you need to factor in how much of the evaporated milk it will replace. If there is too much liquid the pie won’t set correctly.
Sweet potato pie was the first pie I had when I moved to the US. This brings be back! Looking forward to making this for Thanksgiving.
This looks delicious and I love your addition of ground pepper !
I have yet to try or make a sweet potato pie but yours looks and sounds to-die-for! Definitely want to give this recipe a try. On my bucket list!
This pie looks Fabulous! I eat sweet potato pie every year but yours sounds like the best with the roasted potatoes.
Now this looks like one heck of a sweet potato pie! Seriously can't wait to try the recipe!!
I have tried this over the weekend, I wanted to take a picture, but the people around me couldn't wait to taste it and I was too tired to fight them. It was so delicious. Thanks for sharing this
Honey, that’s why I made two, one for everyone else and one just for me!
This looks amazing. Way better than a Patti Pie lol
The black pepper addition is genius! I will add this recipe to my "Must Try" list!
Your sweet potato pie looks and sounds beyond delicious! Great recipe. Perfect for Thanksgiving.
Thank you! Thanks for stopping by!
LOVE the blog name, and I love sweet potato pie. I can't wait to make this for my husband - he's from London and has never tried it!
I love your blog name, too! He’ll love the pie, sweet potatoes and spice are irresistible!
I looove roasted sweet potatoes in just about anything. This pie looks amazing!
Thank you! And so do I!
I love that you roast your sweet potatoes - talk about flavorrrr! And the trick with the black pepper? Brilliant! This sweet potato pie looks so incredible <3
Thank you, Beeta! The roasted potatoes (instead of boiled) add a deep, rich sweetness that just blows boiled potatoes away. Thanks for stopping by!
I have never made, or eaten, sweet potato pie... but I feel it has to be on my bucket list. The flavors have to work well together.
Trust me, Sweet Potato Pie is life giving!
I have never had sweet potato in a sweet dish before, but this would be great to serve up at a dinner party.