Recipe serves 8 (1689 per serving) | 9" pie
Ingredients:
1-1 1/2 lbs Sweet Potatoes, peeled & cubed (about 2 large potatoes)
3/4 cup Light Brown Sugar
2 eggs, separate yolk and white
3/4 cup Half & Half
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 tsp Ground Ginger
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1 tbsp Sugar
1/4 cup Butter (softened at room temperature)
Pinch Cream of Tartar
1 box Graham Cracker Crumbles
1/2" Pat of Butter to coat pan
Preparation:
- Steam or boil diced sweet potatoes until tender; set aside to cool slightly.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Put sweet potatoes in a food processor together with the brown sugar, egg yolks, half and half, vanilla, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Slice up the butter and add.
- Process just until well blended.
- In a mixer bowl, whip the egg whites with the cream of tartar until foamy.
- Add in 1 tablespoon of sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. You should be able to hold the mixing bowl upside down without the whipped egg whites sliding out.
- Add the sweet potato mixture to the whipped egg whites until blended well
- Turn out mixture into nonstick or buttered 9” pie pan coated with 1/4" graham cracker crumbles.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes until set.
- Let cool completely before cutting,
- Top with fresh whipped cream.
- Refrigerate any leftovers.
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Sweet Potato Pie Recipe
Nutritional Information (Per Recipe)
CALORIES 340 | FAT 11G | PROTEIN 5G | CARB 54G | CHOLESTEROL 70MG | FIBER 3G | SODIUM 220MG | CALCIUM 82MG | IRON 2MG | POTASSIUM 344 MG | TOTAL SUGARS 31G
Foody Fact:
- Sweet Potatoes are called yams, but are actually different. Unlike Yams which are found in African & Caribbean countries, Sweet Potatoes are found in the Americas. Christopher Columbus introduced them to Europe after coming to North America.
- Nutmeg is a seed that takes 7-9 years to carry its first harvest, and reaches full potential after 20 years. Nutmeg is used in cooking, but also to treat kidney ailments, nausea & other digestive disorders.