Aunt Gail

Truly a Southern pie, this is my favorite dessert, period. Aunt Gail was a marvelous cook and she never made a dish I did not enjoy. My step grandmother Martha Webster Thompson made the best sweet potato pie on earth and used to serve it to me with sweet tea while I did my homework at her house in Martinsville, VA as a kid. Unfortunately, none of us ever got Martha’s recipe, but Aunt Gail’s comes very close.

Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 30-50 minutes

Ingredients:

Dry

• 1 ½ cups mashed sweet potatoes (about 2 lbs. potatoes)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• ¼ tsp. nutmeg
• ¼ tsp. ground cloves
• ¼ tsp. salt

Wet

• 2 eggs
• 1 2/3 cups evaporated milk (large can)

Instructions:

• Combine dry ingredients.
• Beat eggs with milk.
• Mix all together and blend until smooth.
• Heat filling in a sauce pan until almost boiling, and then pour into an unbaked pie crust.
• Bake 15 minutes at 425; reduce heat to 350 & bake 15-20 minutes more.

Chef’s Tip:
If possible, use organic sweet potatoes. You will notice an enormous difference in the flavor of the pie.