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5 from 3 votes

The easiest sweet potato pie

This southern inspired sweet potato pie is the easiest pie ever. It is made using simple ingredients for the perfect Thanksgiving dessert.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 399Calories

Ingredients

  • 15 oz can Canned yams drained. Read notes if you want to. use fresh sweet potatoes.
  • 3 large eggs at room temperature
  • 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk at room temperature
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ginger
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 prebaked crust
  • Powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

  •  First, set your oven to 375 degrees.
  • Then, start by blending your sweet potatoes in a food processor or a blender, make sure to discard the syrup that the yams are soaked in.
  • Add in the eggs, vanilla, spices, salt, sweetened condensed milk, and heavy cream and blend until smooth.
  • Now, pour the sweet potato mixture into your pre-baked crust and bake in the oven until the filling is slightly jiggly in the middle but set on the outside. This will take anywhere from 45-50 minutes.
  • Cool the pie in the turned off oven for about an hour with the door slightly propped open to avoid the pie from cracking, then cool it completely on a wire rack. Now you can either store the pie in the fridge for later or dust it with powdered sugar and serve right away.

Notes

If you want to use fresh sweet potatoes instead of the canned yams in sweet simple syrup you can use 7.5oz/210g sweet potatoes that have been boiled. (weigh the sweet potatoes after boiling them.)
You will also need to add 3 tablespoon brown sugar to the mixture because the canned yams come a little more sweetened than natural sweet potatoes. 

Nutrition

Calories: 399Calories | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 103mg | Sodium: 476mg | Potassium: 681mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 527IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 177mg | Iron: 1mg