Sweet Potato pie filling

Name: Sweet Potato pie filling
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 large sweet potatoes; 1 cup of melted butter( 2 sticks); 5 eggs, beaten; 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk; 1 cup white sugar or to taste; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon cloves; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice; 3 pie shells

11 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:06:15 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Nutrition per recipe

Calories6415.1 kcal (321%)

Total Fat358.2 g (512%)

Carbs726 g (279%)

Sugars340.8 g (379%)

Protein94.3 g (189%)

Sodium3344.9 mg (167%)

Fiber22.9 g (82%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

0 servings

1 cupbutter

1 x 12 fluid ouncecan evaporated milk

1 cupwhite sugar

or to taste

½ cupbrown sugar

1 tablespoonall-purpose flour

1 teaspoonvanilla extract

½ teaspoonground nutmeg

½ teaspoonbaking powder

¼ teaspooncloves

½ teaspooncinnamon

½ teaspoonlemon juice

3pie shells

Instructions

Step 1

Place sweet potatoes in a large pot and cover with water ; bring to a boil.

Step 2

Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 40 to 50 minutes.

Step 3

Drain water, peel sweet potatoes and mash in a bowl.

Step 4

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (or 220 degrees C)

OvenPreheat

Step 5

Mix potatoes, milk, sugar, flour, vanilla extract, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, baking powder and lemon juice together.

Step 6

Taste and add sugar or other spices to taste.

Step 7

Mix beaten eggs and butter together until smooth.

Step 8

Then add to sweet potato mixture above.

Step 9

Add filling to pie shells

Step 10

Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.

Step 11

Lower oven to 350 degrees F( 175 Degrees C) and continue to bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a pie comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool pie for 15 to 30 minutes before refrigerating to cool completely 1 to 2 hours.