Healthier Sweet Potato Pie
Description
Classic sweet potato pie made healthier using a whole wheat crust and less sugar. With lots of spices, it tastes just as good as the original.
Ingredients
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1 (1 pound) sweet potato
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1/2 cup butter, softened
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1/2 cup white sugar
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1 cup low-fat milk
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2 eggs
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1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 (9 inch) unbaked whole wheat pie crust
Directions
1
Boil sweet potato whole in skin in a small pot until done, 40 to 50 minutes. Drain, cool sweet potato with cold water, and remove skin.
2
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Break sweet potato apart in a large bowl. Mix in butter and beat well with an electric mixer. Beat in sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla extract on medium speed until mixture is smooth. Pour filling into unbaked pie crust.
3
Bake in preheated oven until knife inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Pie will puff up like a souffle, then sink down as it cools.