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Sweet Potato Pie from Alexandersmom.com

Alexandersmom.com
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 Servings

Equipment

  • Half Sheet Baking Pan
  • Pastry Brush

Ingredients
  

  • 3 3/4 Cups Sweet Potatoes Mashed
  • 3 Eggs Large
  • 1 Cup Light Brown Sugar tightly packed
  • 3 Tablespoons Light Brown Sugar tightly packed
  • 3/4 Cup Heavy Cream
  • 4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter melted
  • 1/4 Cup Maple Syrup
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees, wrap sweet potatoes with tin foil, roast for about 1 ½ hours until you can insert a fork easily, let cool completely, remove foil and skin.
  • With a potato masher, mash sweet potatoes until smooth in a medium bowl.
  • In a large mixing bowl with a whisk, stir together eggs, light brown sugar, cream, melted butter, maple syrup, vanilla extract and salt, stir in sweet potatoes with a spatula.
  • Using a pastry brush, brush the inside of the pie crust with melted butter, pour in filling. Bake on a half-sheet pan at 300 degrees in the middle of the oven for about 1 ½ to 2 hours until a paring knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
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