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Elvis Presley's Favorite Sweet Potato Pie
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This popular pie is made with a combination of sweet potatoes and russets for a lighter flavor than other pies. A favorite of The King, and soon to be your family's favorite too.
serves/makes:
ready in:
1-2 hrs
1-2 hrs
2 reviews
ingredients
2 small sweet potatoes
1 medium Russet potatoes
1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
3 large eggs, beaten
1 1/4 cup evaporated milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (9" size) pie crust, unbaked
directions
Place all of the well-scrubbed potatoes in a 3-quart saucepan. Cover with cold water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until potatoes are very soft, about 20-30 minutes. Drain and when cool enough to handle, peel. In medium bowl, combine potatoes, butter, brown sugar and nutmeg.
Using a potato masher, cream the potatoes until very smooth. In small bowl, beat eggs, 1 cup evaporated milk and vanilla together.
Beat this mixture into the potatoes. Mix thoroughly. Pour into pie crust and drizzle the remaining 1/4 cup of milk on top. Bake 15 minutes in a preheated 450 degrees F oven then turn heat to 325 degrees F and continue baking for 30 minutes or more until the filling is set.
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ChefWendyFood
nutrition data
394 calories, 23 grams fat, 42 grams carbohydrates, 7 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments
July 10, 2013
Clearly Elvis had great taste in pies! This is delicious! I added a little more vanilla extract and used heavy cream instead of evaporated milk. I also made a pecan topping for it by toasting chopped pecans and then mixing them with brown sugar. This would also be good with something maple - either maple syrup or maple sugar.
July 14, 2008
It's July and our family was craving Sweet Potato Pie. With some ingredients not readily available (such as the sweet potatoes) I used canned from our pantry. It was wonderful! Melted in our mouths. cant wait till the holidays to use fresher ingredients