This recipe can be easily adapted to any time of the year by using canned sweet potatoes but if it is holiday time use fresh sweet potatoes. Better yet use leftover sweet potatoes from Thanksgiving dinner.

Sweet Potato Pie

Filling

2 Tbs Butter, softened

¼ Cup Brown Sugar, packed

1 Egg

1 Tbs Heavy Cream

1 Tbs Vanilla

1 Cup Sweet Potatoes, cooked and mashed, or 1 cup canned sweet potatoes with syrup drained.

1/8 tsp Salt

¼ tsp Cinnamon

1/8 tsp Allspice

1/8 tsp Nutmeg

Cream together butter, sugar and egg. When well blended add cream, vanilla and sweet potatoes. Mix well then add salt, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg.

Fill pie shell and assemble syrup.

Pecan Syrup

¾ Cup Dark Brown Sugar, packed

¾ Cup Light Corn Syrup

3 eggs

2 Tbs Butter, melted

2 tsp Vanilla

1 Cup Pecan Halves

Combine the first 5 ingredients and stir well. Add the pecan halves and pour over top of the pie filling.

Bake at 325° for 1½ hours or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Pie Shell

1 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour

1 tsp Salt

½ tsp Baking Powder

½ cup Canola Oil

2 Tbs Milk

Mix all the ingredients together pour them into your pie pan and use your fingers to press the mixture around the bottom and sides of the pie pan.



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