Mary's Sweet Potato Pie
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups sweet potatoes, or yams cooked, mashed
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 cup brandy
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest grated
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 dash nutmeg ground
- 1 each pie shell (9 inch) 9 inch, unbaked
- 1 x citron finely chopped
- 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.
- Place brandy in a small pan; heat just until warm.
- Add brandy, lemon rind, juice, vanilla and nnutmeg to sweet potato mixture; stir until well blended.
- Pour mixture into a pastry shell.
- Bake at 350F (180C) F for 40 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.
- Sprinkle pie with citron; cool immediately.
butter, sugar, sweet potatoes, eggs, brandy, lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla, nutmeg ground, pie shell
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/marys-sweet-potato-pie-6054 (may not work)