Sweet Potato Pie

With Thanksgiving having just passed, and the Holidays right around the corner, I thought I'd blog my sweet potato pie recipe. The origin of this recipe is my mom. What's great about cooking is that you can take someone's recipe, tweak it and make it your own! But this is definitely my mother's Sweet Potato Pie recipe!

Ingredients:

-Pre-made or homemade pie dough
-Dried beans or chick peas
-4-5 eggs
-2 sweet potatoes
-molasses
-1/2 tbsp. ginger powder
-1/2 tsp. nutmeg
-1 tbsp. cinnamon
-1 tbsp. vanilla
-1 1/2 cans of evaporate milk or heavy cream

Stick the sweet potatoes in the microwave until done, you can test this by sticking a fork into the potato. If it goes in easily, it's done. If you haven't got a microwave, peel and boil the sweet potatoes until done. In a blender or food processor mix the eggs, add the evaporated milk/heavy cream, peeled sweet potatoes, 3-4 spoons of sugar which is optional depending on how sweet you want it and 4-6 tbsps. of molasses depending on how sweet you want it, you can try the batter and adjust accordingly (side note* my brother and I used to love the sweet potato pie mixture so much that we'd joke about just drinking it and sometimes my mother had to separate us from the batter to have the pie actually make it to the oven). While mixing these ingredients, you should put the bean filled pie crust in the pre-heated oven at 175 C/345 F for 10 minutes. Remove the beans when done and save them, they are still perfectly fine for later use! When the pie mixture is fully blended and tastes good, pour it into the pie crust and stick it in the oven for about 45 minutes, or until you can stick a toothpick in it and it comes out clean. Allow the pie to cool before putting it in the fridge. Cool it in the fridge for several hours before serving.

Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. It's delicious and nutritious and a family fav!

Enjoy and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!