Beginner's Recipes for Sweet Potato Pie

Buttermilk Sweet Potato Pie

Imagining for a warm, creamy, not too sweet dessert? You better try this good old fashioned Southern recipe for sweet potato pie. This one is made mostly of your favorite sweet potatoes, without too many spices in it. 

The buttermilk adds thickness and creaminess to the pie. Most reviews on the original recipe which I adopted this from say this one is among the best sweet potato pies you’ll ever taste of.  Expect for all-natural flavors and a buttery taste. For a little extra flavor, you can add your favorite spice.

The dessert is ready in 1 hour and 30 minutes. This recipe serves 8.

Ingredients:

• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
• 2 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Procedure:

First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (or 175 degrees C).

In a huge and deep mixing bowl, whip mashed sweet potatoes, butter or margarine, and eggs together. In another mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour, and salt. Add spices if you want to. Gradually stir in flour mixture to sweet potato mixture while continuously stirring well.

In a medium-sized bowl or a huge glass, dissolve baking soda into together buttermilk. Stir into sweet potato mixture and mix thoroughly. Add vanilla extract. Dispense filling into unbaked pie crust.

Bake in the oven for about 70 minutes or until filling is nicely fixed in the center.

Wondering how many calories you’ll get from each serving of this sweet potato pie? It would be 310 calories, 11.8 grams of fat and 61 mg cholesterol.

Sweet Potato Spice Pie

Try this recipe for a savory and flavorful twist of sweet potato pie. With cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg, this pie ends up equally full of spice and of sweetness. The recipe is basically easy, can be completed in about 2 hours and 20 minutes.

This serves 8.

Ingredients

• 1 (1 pound) sweet potato
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust

Procedure:

Wash sweet potatoes and put inside a saucepan filled with enough water. Boil for about 40 to 50 minutes, or until tender when pierced with a fork. Cool off completely by placing them under running cold water before peeling its skin. If you have leftover sweet potatoes, you can skip this step.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Mash sweet potatoes with a fork or potato masher in a medium-sized bowl. Stir in butter, and mix thoroughly (ideally with a mixer). Add sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla. With your mixer on medium speed, beat together until you get a smooth and even mixture. Transfer into your unbaked pie crust.

Bake in preheated oven for about 55 to 60 minutes, or until toothpick or knife inserted in the middle of the pie comes out clean.

Serve warm.

From each serving of this sweet potato pie, you’ll get 389 calories, 206 grams of fat and 85 mg cholesterol.