Sweet Potato (Yam) Pie
- 1 unbaked pie crust, recipe follows*
- 1 1/2 cups cooked, peeled and mashed sweet potatoes
- 1 heaping teaspoon all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk (canned, half and half, cream or whole milk)
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups shortening (butter flavored)
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Roll out 1 pie crust and place it in a pie plate.
- Mix all of the remaining ingredients together and pour into the unbaked pie crust.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until pie is firm.
- Allow to cool completely.
- *Note: This filling is for 1 pie crust.
- The remaining 3 crusts can be used for other pies or frozen.
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups shortening (butter flavored)
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- Mix flour, shortening, salt and sugar together with a pastry blender until well blended.
- Slightly beat egg, water and vinegar together with a whisk and pour over the well blended flour mixture.
- Mix all ingredients together with a fork.
- Divide crust into 4 equal parts.
- Roll each with a rolling pin and place into 4 pie pans.
- Flute edges of crust.
- Yield: 4 pie crusts
crust, potatoes, flour, milk, sugar, egg yolks, vanilla, ground nutmeg, margarine, allpurpose, shortening, salt, sugar, egg, water, white vinegar
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sweet-potato-yam-pie-recipe.html (may not work)