Old Fashioned Black Folks Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

Some people like sweet taste and the rest are not fond of strong sweetness.

Old fashioned black folks sweet potato pie recipe. I ll leave the amount of sugar up to you as the sweetness of the potatoes can vary and personal preferences can lead to different desired amounts. Slowly pour the mixture into the cooled pie shell. Set aside to cool.

Add the sweet potatoes sugars cinnamon mace vanilla butter and salt. There was always more than one pie made luckily. If you have issue with sugar use good replacement like honey for the black folks sweet potato pie recipe.

Remove the sweet potato flesh and puree or beat until smooth. For my sweet potatoes i use yams which in the usa are still sweet potatoes but they have orange flesh. For beginners making old fashioned sweet potato pie is not easy.

You only need 2 cups sugar or less. Don t get it too watery just use enough water to make mixing easier mix in the cooled brown butter until smooth. Baked the sweet potatoes until tender all the way through about 1 hour.

Whip the eggs in a bowl until frothy. Boiling sweet potatoes and smashing them are not simple things. I also think that it tastes better.

As mentioned this is my revised recipe for my sweet. Mix until creamy and smooth adding a few splashes of water or milk until you have the texture of a very thick puree. In a large bowl scoop out the flesh of the cooled sweet potatoes.