My Best Sweet Potato Pie Recipes:

Sweet Potatoes are a staple in the south. We use them as a vegetable, as a starch, or as a dessert. Any way you cook them, they are GOOD! The following are some of my favorite sweet potato pie recipes. If you are looking for puddings, souffles,..etc. check under side dishes or vegetables.

Sweet potato pie is similar to pumpkin, only better!

Southern Sweet Potato Pie With a Kick

1 cup mashed cooked sweet potatoes

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

2 tablespoons butter

1/2 cup milk

1 teaspoon lemon extract

2 teaspoons bourbon or whiskey

sprinkle of nutmeg

1 unbaked pie shell

2 egg whites

4 Tablespoons superfine sugar

Peel and mash potatoes, add butter while still hot. Beat eggs and sugar until light. Mix into sweet potatoes. Add milk, lemon extract, and bourbon. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Cover with meringue (see below) and put back into oven just until peaks are brown.

Meringue: Beat 2 egg whites until soft peaks form, SLOWLY add 4 Tablespoons of superfine sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Pile onto pie and seal to pie shell by bringing the meringue up to and touching the shell.

Coconut Sweet Potato Pie

5 eggs

2 cups sugar

2 1/4 cups milk

1 medium sweet potato, cooked

1/4 cup butter

1 Tablespoon vanilla

1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract

dash salt

1/4 cup of coconut

Mash sweet potato while hot and add butter and salt. Beat eggs. Add sugar and beat again. Add milk. Blend eggs and sweet potato, add vanilla and lemon extracts. Add coconut and pour into pie shells. Bake at 375 -400 until center is set and pie is lightly browned.