Sweet Potato Pie hints??

[amyrose2712]

Hi all. I am making my first sweet potato pie. Well, actually it is my very first pie ever. What I am looking for are any helpful hints that I can't get from a recipe, ya know stuff that only comes from experience. Any info is welcome, I'll even take recipes if you like. Thanks.

[kestrel91316]

1. Are you making the crust from scratch? If it's your first pie you can have a special

dispensation and use a prepared crust AFAIC.

Bake the sweet potatoes fresh. Don't use canned - that's cheating in my book.

I used the recipe in this thread, post #7: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x49721

[amyrose2712]

3. Actually, I made a graham cracker crumb...

crust. And a pecan topping. It was pretty yummy, except the crust was a little burnt. Better luck next time.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. It you're cooking your own sweet potatoes, try to find the deep orange

variety that bakes up with the almost custard-like consistency. They make the smoothest filling and the color is much prettier than the sweet potatoes with the yellow flesh, IMO. If you use the canned sweet potatoes, be sure to drain them well and consider that they will have more moisture than those you bake yourself and may not need as much sweetener since most of them are packed in a sugar syrup.

[mtnester]

4. I have the biggest secret tip for you on this

I SUCK when it comes to sweet potato pie...I can cook so many other things, and so well, but this is one of those things I have never been good at (along with layer cakes, I suck at that too)...I can make a lot of other pies but it seems my sweet potato ones always fall just...not quite right

My personal secret? GFS, Chef Pierre, sweet potato pie....just the right amount of spices to make it not super sweet, and really light, also amazingly good.

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