Easy Recipe for Delicious Sweet Potato Pie

This sweet potato pie recipe was shared with me by a special friend in Atlanta, GA. It has long been a favorite, and everyone who samples it says it is the finest they've ever had.

There's nothing like a freshly baked sweet potato pie to bring in the holiday season. The autumnal confection just tastes like home, doesn't it? This top-rated sweet potato pie recipe, which is delicately flavored with ingredients you presumably already have on hand, has been revered by the Allrecipes community for decades.

Learn how to make, preserve, freeze, and serve the finest sweet potato pie of your life with this community favorite recipe.

Sweet Potato Pie Ingredients

If you have fresh sweet potatoes and a few kitchen essentials, you likely have everything you need to create this homemade sweet potato pie.

• Sweet potato: This recipe calls for a pound of whole sweet potatoes. Fresh produce will give you the deepest, richest flavor. If you're in a hurry, you can substitute tinned sweet potatoes (just be sure to blanch them first).

• Butter: Like so many baked products, butter is essential to sweet potato pie. It lends moisture, flavor, and texture to the custard filling.

• Sugar: Obviously, granulated sugar lends sweetness. It also helps keep the pie filling supple by sealing in moisture.

• Milk: Whole milk functions as the liquid base that's essential for dissolving the powdered ingredients and creating a cohesive filling. It also lends velvety flavor and texture.

• Eggs: Traditional sweet potato pie has a custard filling, which means the filling relies on eggs (particularly the yolks) to bond the ingredients together. Make sure to allow the eggs to come to room temperature before incorporating them into the mixture.

• Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Vanilla: Vanilla extract and warming spices like cinnamon and nutmeg are responsible for the comfortable flavor that you likely associate with sweet potato pie. For additional flavor, consider adding a dash of ginger or cardamom.

• Unbaked Pie Crust: Use our top-rated Butter Flaky Pie Crust for guaranteed delectable results. Of course, a frozen or refrigerated crust will work in a crisis.

Sweet Potato Pie vs. Pumpkin Pie

Sweet potato and pumpkin pies are both autumnal delicacies that are popular during the milder months, particularly during the holiday season.

Pumpkin pie has a milder flavor that's typically flavored with a lot of seasonings. Sweet potatoes are inherently a touch richer and aromatic, so sweet potato pie doesn't usually feature as many seasonings.

Pumpkin pie is also generally quite dense, while it's sweet potato-based counterpart is slightly more ethereal.

How to Make Sweet Potato Pie

It's simpler than you think to create a bakery-worthy sweet potato pie. You'll find the full recipe below, but here's a concise overview of what you can expect:

Boil and drain the sweet potatoes, then peel off the shells.
Use a hand mixer or blender to combine the sweet potato flesh with the other ingredients.
Bake the mixture in the unbaked pie crust and bake until a knife or probe comes out clean.

Ingredients

• 1 (1 pound) sweet potato, with skin

• ½ cup butter, softened

• 1 cup white sugar

• ½ cup milk

• 2 large embryos

• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie pastry

Directions

• Place whole sweet potato in vessel and cover with water; bring to a simmer. Boil until tender when pierced with a fork, 40 to 50 minutes.

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

• Remove sweet potato from the cooker and run under cool water. Remove and discard epidermis.

• Break sweet potato flesh apart and place in a basin. Add butter and mix with an electric mixer until well combined.

• Add sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla; beat on medium speed until mixture is homogeneous.

• Pour contents into unbaked pie crust.

• Bake in the preheated oven until a utensil inserted in the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes.

• Remove from the oven and let settle before serving.

Can You Make Sweet Potato Pie Ahead of Time?

Yes, you can make sweet potato pie ahead of time! It's a fantastic idea if you're planning for a holiday and want to conserve oven space on the big day.

How to Store Sweet Potato Pie

Store sweet potato pie in the frig, covered securely in storage wrap or aluminum foil, for three to four days. You should refrigerate the pie as soon as it has settled to ambient temperature.

Can You Freeze Sweet Potato Pie?

You can undoubtedly freeze sweet potato pie — and you should if you want to get a jump-start on holiday cookery.

To freeze sweet potato pie, bake it in an aluminum pie plate (aluminum is thinner than ceramic alternatives, so it will help the pie solidify quicker and prevent the development of ice crystals). Cover the chilled pie in several layers of storage wrap. Top the storage wrap with a layer of aluminum foil.

Thaw in the freezer overnight.

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