East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie
East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie

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East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie Late September and Mid October are the season for sweet potatoes and pecans here in East Texas. This pie does the season justice. For this luscious pie's filling, sweet potatoes are mashed and combined with egg, sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and cream. Pecans are combined with brown sugar and butter to make a rich caramelized topping that's spooned onto the cooked pie before it's slipped under the broiler for a moment or two.

East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook east texas pecan sweet potato pie using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie:
  1. Take 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Take 1 frozen 9" deep dish prepared pie shell
  3. Make ready 2 cup mashed sweet potato @ room temperature (about 2-3 medium size)
  4. Get 1/4 cup melted unsalted butter
  5. Take 2 large eggs
  6. Get 1/3 cup roughly chopped toasted pecan pieces
  7. Take 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  8. Take 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
  9. Take 2 tbsp all purpose flour
  10. Get 3/4 cup half n half cream
  11. Get 2 tsp vanilla extract
  12. Make ready 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  13. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  14. Prepare 1/2 tsp table salt

Cover the edges with foil or a pie rim if they start to get too brown before the pie is set in the middle. On a lightly floured surface, unroll pastry. In a small bowl, combine the sweet potatoes, milk, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, salt and spices. Blend together the butter, sweet potatoes, eggs, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, salt, corn syrup and evaporated milk.

Steps to make East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie:
  1. Toast pecan pieces in a pan over medium heat, until you can smell them. Roughly 3-5 minutes. Set aside.
  2. Cream mashed sweet potato, melted butter and eggs together until very smooth. I use a stand mixer.
  3. Add all remaining ingredients including toasted chopped pecans and blend together until mixture is very smooth.
  4. Pour into frozen pie shell and bake at 350" for approximately 50-60 minutes until pie custard is set. Pie will be done when a wooden toothpick comes out clean when inserted.
  5. You can boil your sweet potatoes or even use canned. I prefer fresh baked sweet potatoes. I like to serve this pie well chilled and keep it stored in the refrigerator. Garnish with whipped cream and toasted pecan pieces. Enjoy!!

In a small bowl, combine the sweet potatoes, milk, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, salt and spices. Blend together the butter, sweet potatoes, eggs, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, salt, corn syrup and evaporated milk. Pour filling into crust and sprinkle with chopped pecans. Sweet potatoes are spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and enriched with cream, brown sugar, and maple syrup for the flavorful filling of this pie. A candied pecan topping takes it over the top.

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