Oh yes 🥧🍠—sweet potato pie is a classic Southern dessert: creamy, warmly spiced, and perfectly sweet. Here’s a foolproof recipe that gives a silky filling and buttery crust.
🍠 Classic Sweet Potato Pie
Servings: 8
Time: ~1 hour
Ingredients
For the crust (or use store-bought):
- 1 9-inch pie crust
For the filling:
- 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes (about 2 medium, cooked and peeled)
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground ginger (optional)
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup milk or cream
Instructions
1️⃣ Preheat oven
Preheat to 350°F (175°C).
2️⃣ Prepare sweet potatoes
Boil, bake, or microwave sweet potatoes until tender. Mash until smooth.
3️⃣ Make the filling
In a bowl, combine mashed sweet potatoes, sugar, brown sugar, melted butter, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt, and milk. Mix until smooth and creamy.
4️⃣ Assemble the pie
Pour filling into prepared pie crust. Smooth the top with a spatula.
5️⃣ Bake
Bake 50–60 minutes, or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. If the crust edges brown too fast, cover with foil.
6️⃣ Cool & serve
Cool completely on a wire rack. Serve plain or with whipped cream.
🔥 Tips & Variations
- Extra silky: Blend the filling with a hand mixer until perfectly smooth
- Spice twist: Add ½ tsp allspice or cloves for warmth
- Nut topping: Sprinkle chopped pecans on top before baking
- Maple version: Swap half the sugar for maple syrup for depth
Sweet potato pie is best served slightly chilled or at room temp.
If you want, I can give a mini sweet potato pie version, no-bake pie, or bourbon-spiked Southern-style pie.
Do you want me to do one of those?
