My Sweet Grandmothers Sweet Potato Pie Recipes

MOM'S SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Press the pie pastries into two 9-inch pie dishes.
• Place sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain potatoes and let cool.
• Beat potatoes, sugar, eggs, milk, margarine, vanilla extract, lemon extract, cloves, and allspice together in a bowl until smooth; pour into the prepared crusts.
• Bake in the preheated oven until pies are set in the middle, 40 to 60 minutes.

GRANDMA'S SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Boil potatoes until fork tender. Drain, cool slightly, and remove skin. Beat potatoes in large mixing bowl until smooth -- should make about 3.5 cups of mashed sweet potatoes. Mix in butter & sugar. Beat in 1 egg at a time. Add remaining ingredients.
• Place pie shells onto large cookie sheet. Pour mixture into unbaked pie shells. Cover edges of pie shells with foil or tin shell covers.
• Bake 425°F for 20 min. Lower heat to 325°F and bake for 30-45 minutes. Pies should be firm and pass clean knife check.

GRANDMA'S SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes and orange peel into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until soft, about 10 minutes. Drain well and let cool. Discard orange peel.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a 9-inch pie plate with pie crust.
• Mash cooled sweet potatoes with a potato masher or fork. Mix in eggs until well blended. Add pineapple juice, butter, and vanilla extract; mix until combined. Mix in flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and salt. Mix in sugar until dissolved. Blend in heavy cream using a whisk.
• Pour sweet potato mixture into the pie crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Place on a cloth on a table or window sill to cool down.

GRANDMA'S OLD FASHION SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Bake the sweet potatoes in the oven until done; let them cool.
• Mash the potatoes with the butter; add the sugars and the eggs, stir.
• Add the pudding mix, stir up real good.
• Add the pinch of salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
• Add the milk and stir up real good.
• Pour the mixture in the pie crust.
• Put the pie in the oven at 350°F Bake 45 minutes or 1 hour.

MY SWEET GRANDMOTHER'S SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Preheat over to 325 degrees.
• Peel and boil the potatoes in water until tender.
• Drain and mash the potatoes well with the stick of butter and 1/2 cup sugar.
• Taste; add the rest of the sugar if not sweet enough.
• Mix in the eggs and cinnamon (or allspice).
• Add the evaporated milk into the mixture until it appears loose. It may or may not require all of the canned milk.
• Pour into the unbaked pie shell.
• Bake until middle is set.