Mary McLeod Bethune's Sweet Potato Pie

Recipe Ingredients

		Filling
9		Sweet potatoes or yams - (about 4 pounds) (medium)
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Butter or margarine - (2 sticks, softened)
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
1/2 cup	80g / 2.8oz	Firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Nutmeg
3		Eggs - , well beaten
2 cups	474ml	Milk
1 tablespoon	15ml	Vanilla
		Crust
3		Classic Crisco Single Crusts

Recipe Instructions

For filling, boil sweet potatoes until tender. Peel and mash.

Heat oven to 350F

Combine butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt and nutmeg in large bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until creamy. Beat in sweet potatoes, until well mixed. Beat in eggs.

Beat in milk and vanilla slowly. Spoon into 3 unbaked pie shells, using about 4 cups filling per shell.

Bake at 350F for 50 to 60 minutes or until set.

Cool to room temperature before serving. Store in refrigerator.

Makes 3 9-inch pies.

Source:
The Black Family Reunion Cookbook

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