Brandied Sweet Potato Pie Recipes

BOURBON SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Line cookie sheet with foil. Place sweet potatoes on cookie sheet; pierce several times with fork. Roast 45 to 60 minutes or until tender. Cool 5 minutes. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Scoop out pulp into medium bowl to measure 2 cups. Reserve any remaining pulp for another use; discard skins.
• In food processor, place sweet potato pulp; cover and process until creamy. Add brown sugar, eggs, half-and-half, 2 tablespoons bourbon, the cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; cover and continue to process until well blended and smooth.
• Place pie crust in ungreased 9-inch pie plate. Fold and roll pastry under, even with plate; flute as desired. Pour sweet potato mixture into crust-lined plate. Bake 10 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Bake 30 to 35 minutes longer or until center is set and knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cover edges with foil if crust is getting too dark. Cool 30 minutes on cooling rack. Refrigerate 2 hours.
• When ready to serve: In chilled medium bowl, beat whipping cream with electric mixer on medium-high speed until slightly thickened. Reduce speed to low; beat in powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon bourbon and the vanilla. Increase speed to medium-high; beat until stiff peaks form. Cut pie into slices; serve topped with whipped cream. Store covered in refrigerator.

CANDIED SWEET POTATO PIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine water, eggs and vinegar; gradually add to dry ingredients, tossing with a fork until a ball forms. Cover and chill until easy to handle, 1 to 1-1/2 hours., Meanwhile, place sweet potato in a small saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook just until tender, 10-15 minutes. Drain. , In a large skillet, combine the sugar, butter and potatoes; cook and stir until syrup is golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Remove from the heat and mash. Stir in the lemon juice, salt and vanilla. Cool to room temperature., Roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut 12 circles with a floured 5-1/2-in. round cookie cutter. Spoon 2 tablespoons filling onto half of each circle. Moisten edges with water; fold crust over filling and press edges with a fork to seal., In a deep cast-iron or electric skillet, heat 1 inch of oil to 375°. Fry pies in batches until golden brown, about 5 minutes, turning once. Drain on paper towels. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

BRANDIED CANDIED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil. Cook 15 minutes, or until tender but firm. Drain, and set aside.
• In a large skillet over low heat, melt the butter. Stir in the brown sugar, brandy, and salt. Add the sweet potatoes, and stir to coat. Cook, stirring gently, until sweet potatoes are heated through and well glazed.

WORLD'S BEST SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Place sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 40 to 50 minutes. Drain water, peel sweet potatoes, and mash in a bowl.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Mix butter and eggs together in a bowl until smooth; stir into mashed sweet potatoes. Mix milk, sugar, flour, vanilla extract, nutmeg, baking powder, and lemon juice into sweet potato mixture; pour into the 3 pie shells.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue to bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a pie comes out clean, about 40 minutes more. Cool pies for 15 to 30 minutes before refrigerating to cool completely, 1 to 2 hours.

BRANDY SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Bake the sweet potatoes in a shallow baking pan in the middle of the oven until very tender, about 1 hour. Cool to room temperature. Raise the oven temperature to 400°F. Place a heavy baking sheet on rack. Peel the skin from potatoes flesh and place in a mixing bowl, discard the skins. Fork mash the sweet potatoes until smooth. Cream the room temp butter and sugar into the sweet potatoes then add cream and the eggs beat with a whisk until smooth. Whisk in the remaining ingredients. Pour the filling into the pie shell. Carefully transfer the pie on baking sheet on the middle rack of the oven and bake 10 minutes then turn oven temp down 325° F until the filling is just set, about 45 minutes. Transfer the pie to a rack to cool. Slice and serve with French vanilla ice cream or whipped cream

SWEET POTATO PIE FROM EAGLE BRAND®

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In large mixing bowl, beat hot sweet potatoes with butter until smooth. Add remaining ingredients except crust; mix well. Pour into pie shell. Bake 40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. Garnish as desired.

BRANDIED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Boil potatoes until soft.
• ;peel and put in mixing bowl.
• Beat with electric mixer.
• Add eggs, cream, and spices and sugar to taste.
• Beat until light (should be the consistency of thick batter).
• Stir in liquor.
• Taste, and add more liquor if desired.
• Pour into casserole dish.
• Melt butter for topping and combine all topping ingredients; spread evenly over the top of casserole.
• Bake in moderate oven (350°F) 25-30 minutes, or until warmed through and topping is browned.