Melanie's Sweet Potato Pie |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 50 Minutes |
Ready In: 70 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Use Flaky Pastry for the pie shell. This recipe comes from the Gone With The Wind Cook Book - Famous Southern Cooking Recipes . There is a note in the foreward which I love: Gone With The Wind told of a style of living. as well as a romantic drama, A way of living, playing, and eating that thrilled us all. Ingredients:
2 cups sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed |
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
1 teaspoon cinnamon |
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg |
4 egg yolks |
1/3 cup butter, melted |
2 cups milk |
4 egg whites |
unbaked pie shell (flaky pastry) |
Directions:
1. Combine sweet potatoes, sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
2. Beat egg yolks; add with butter to potato mixture. Mix well.
3. Add milk and combine.
4. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry; fold into the mixture.
5. Pour into unbaked pie shell.
6. Bake at 200C for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 180C and bake 25 minutes, or until firm.
7. Cool.
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