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Cooking at Home - Mock Southern Sweet Potato Pie

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Makes:16 servings

Ingredients

Crust:

  • 1 1/4 cups flour (all purpose)
  • 1/4 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/3 cup milk, non-fat
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Filling:

  • 1/4 cup sugar (white)
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 3 egg (large, beaten)
  • 1/4 cup evaporated milk, non-fat (canned)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups sweet potatoes, cooked, skin removed and mashed

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Crust:

  1. Combine the flour and sugar in a bowl.
  2. Add milk and oil to the flour mixture.
  3. Stir with fork until well mixed and then form pastry into a smooth ball with your hands.
  4. Roll the ball between two 12 inch squares of waxed paper using short, brisk, strokes until pastry reaches edge of paper.
  5. Peel off top paper and invert crust into pie plate.

Filling:

  1. Combine sugars, salt, spices and eggs.
  2. Add milk and vanilla. Stir.
  3. Add sweet potatoes and mix well.
  4. Pour mixture into pie shell.
  5. Bake for 60 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
  6. Cool and cut into 16 slices.

Source: Heart Healthy Home Cooking: African American Style, US Department of Health and Human Services, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Nutrition Information

Serving Size: 1 slice, 1/16 of recipe (99g)

Nutrients

Amount

Total Calories

139

Total Fat

3 g

Saturated Fat

1 g

Cholesterol

35 mg

Sodium

119 mg

Carbohydrates

25 g

Dietary Fiber

1 g

Total Sugars

10 g

Added Sugars included

6 g

Protein

3 g

Vitamin D

0 mcg

Calcium

38 mg

Iron

1 mg

Potassium

199 mg