Mary Randolph'S Sweet Potato Pie

• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup brandy
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Dash of ground nutmeg
• 1 unbaked (9-inch) pastry shell
• Finely chopped citron

1. Cream butter in a mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add potatoes; beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
2. Place brandy in a small pan; heat just until warm (do not boil). Add brandy, lemon rind, juice, vanilla, and nutmeg to sweet potato mixture; stir until well blended.
3. Pour mixture into pastry shell. Bake at 350u0b0 for 40 minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. Sprinkle pie with citron; cool completely.

butter, sugar, potatoes, eggs, brandy, lemon rind, lemon juice, vanilla, ground nutmeg, pastry shell, citron

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/mary-randolphs-sweet-potato-pie (may not work)