Simple Sweet Potato Pie

gryp

Fri, Dec 17 2004, 9:52 am

everyone loves this recipe:

Bake 3 medium or 2 large sweet potatoes in the oven until very very soft.
(about 375 degrees for 3-4 hours)

when cooled, slip off the peels, and mash sweet potatoes very well.
add: 1 cup flour
1/2 cup (light) brown sugar -ive used dark too, its fine.
3 eggs
2 tbsps oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
mix until well blended.
( I do it by hand, never tried the food processor because it is very easy to mix. if it doesnt blend well, the sweet potato isnt cooked enough, but recipe might still come out good.)

pour batter into graham cracker crust.
bake at 350 degrees for 45 min- 1 hour.
take it out as soon as its done- once I didnt and although it still tasted ok, the texture was funny.

b'tai'avon!

Last edited by gryp on Wed, Dec 22 2004, 10:06 pm; edited 1 time in total

sarahd

Wed, Dec 22 2004, 6:27 am

Sounds great! As soon as I can get hold of a graham cracker crust, I plan to make it. Do you know of any substitutes for a graham cracker crust (not calling for graham crackers, which are not available here)?

gryp

Wed, Dec 22 2004, 8:13 am

ok, I did a search on google. this is what I found:
1) 5 oz. cookie crumbs (that person used peanut butter cookies)
+ 6 tbsps margarine
2)instead you can make a hazelnut crust:
1 ½ cups hazelnuts, 1/3 cup vanilla flavored whey protein powder (whatever that is), 4 tablespoons butter, melted

Pickle Lady

Wed, Dec 22 2004, 9:43 am

I have used a chocolate cookie crust once and it came out yummy too. You can probably ground any cookie into crumbs with some margrine or oil and use that as a crust.

sarahd

Wed, Dec 22 2004, 2:33 pm

Thanks for the suggestions. Hazelnuts sound good, but what the heck is vanilla flavored whey protein powder???? Anyone have any ideas? Sounds milchigs. I wonder if flour or cornstarch would be acceptable substitutes.

gryp

Wed, Dec 22 2004, 2:38 pm

I would ask my local grocery store, but theyll think im nuts.
last time I tried asking them for bulgur (as if I knew what it was) and it made quite a ruckus... Very Happy

Sunshine

Wed, Dec 22 2004, 4:22 pm

Well when I once went to WalMart and asked for barley they had no clue what it was! Not one of the workers, even the manager! They were like is it a spice, does it go in the fridge. I was laughing to myself how ignorant these people are. Don't try the bulgar one I asked that too. I just stoped asking bec it takes them 15 min of trying to helpfully locate something which they never find. Waste of time! When they hire at WalMart they must check to see if you qualify to work there by how ignorant you are!

micki

Wed, Dec 22 2004, 5:25 pm

first of all I make this same pie with a few variations in ingrediants with a frozen dough pie crust.
if you want the recipe I'll get it but I like the dough crust cause it makes it more of a side dish tan the graham is more dessert. my kids ADORE this pie and actually know how to make it already. I boil the sweet potatoes- goes faster than baking too.
but if you want a graham crust just food proccess a bag of graham crackers 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup of melted margrine or butter. I don't like marg. so I use a healthy margrine- smart balance or the like and just work it in with a pastry cutter.
for extra zest in a cheese cake I add ground almonds- 1/2 cup or so.

gryp

Wed, Dec 22 2004, 6:00 pm

you can also use chocolate graham crackers and it becomes a chocolate crust. add ice cream and any topping if you wish and freeze!!!
delicious ice cream pie desert!

gryp

Wed, Dec 22 2004, 10:05 pm

its supposed to be 3 medium or 2 large- didnt I say that?
oh, I see I wrote it backwards... Rolling Eyes

you get a nice amount of sweet potato "batter" (or whatever its called)
it fills up the pie crust all the way.

I made it last shabbos, it was great!!!

note: it might be hard to tell when its done, so you can use a toothpick and see if it comes out clean, like a cake. if you taste it and you see its not done yet, you can put it back in the oven, it wont ruin.

micki

Wed, Dec 22 2004, 10:17 pm

the only way I found to tell if its done is touch the top in the middle with your fingers- if its sticky and comes away on your fingers then not done. if its completly dry in the center then its done.

dina

Thu, Dec 23 2004, 3:03 pm

RG

thanks for the delicious recipe. I made it today but it definitely won't last till shabbos. I've tried many sweet potato pie recipes but this one is the best by far. thanks again

gryp

Thu, Dec 23 2004, 5:56 pm

thanx, dina for the compliment.
I actually took a few recipes and put them together to form this one.
so I kind of made it up... Very Happy

Motek

Thu, Dec 23 2004, 9:27 pm

Quote:

(about 375 degrees for 3-4 hours)

you can put it in at 425 for much less time

I've had a variation of this pie on Rosh Hashana in someone's house, very delicious (though the time they underbaked it, it wasn't as good)

such a different filling though

they used 1 sweet potato to 1 butternut squash
and added:
3 Tbls marg
1 cup maple syrup
little cinnamon

put in shell
sprinkle with brown sugar

bake 10 min. at 350

no flour, no eggs
I'd like to experiment and see how they compare