Sweet Potato Pecan Pie
| Sweet Potato Pecan Pie |
Recipe type: Desserts / Old Fashioned Desserts
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 1 hour 10 mins
Total time: 1 hour 30 mins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 small sweet potato baked and peeled
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 3 large eggs- beaten
- dash of salt
- 1 pie shell
Instructions
- Brown butter and pecans in sauce pan- Until butter is golden brown not burned,
- Add mashed cooked sweet potato.
- In separate bowl, add sugar, lemon juice, vanilla, corn syrup,eggs, and salt and stir.
- Combine with browned mixture and pour into an unbaked pie shell.
- Bake at 425 for 10 minutes.
- Lower heat to 325 for 40 to 60 minutes.
Notes
I always double this recipe and make two pies at once. It’s a great holiday pie.
