Cajun Sweet Potato Pie Recipes

CAJUN STYLE BAKED SWEET POTATO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a small bowl, stir together paprika, brown sugar, black pepper, onion powder, thyme, rosemary, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper.
• Slice the sweet potatoes in half lengthwise. Brush each half with olive oil. Rub the seasoning mix over the cut surface of each half. Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet, or in a shallow pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until tender, or about 1 hour.

CAJUN SWEET POTATO PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300°F.
• Combine the mashed sweet potatoes, both sugars, butter, vanilla, egg, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice in a large mixing bowl.
• Beat with an electric mixer until well blended and smooth.
• Scrape the mixture into the pie shell and sprinkle the pecans evenly over the top.
• In another large mixing bowl, prepare the topping.
• Combine the granulated sugar, eggs, corn syrup, melted butter, salt, cinnamon and vanilla.
• Stir until well blended and smooth.
• Scrape the mixture over the pecans.
• Bake until the pie is nicely browned, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Let cool completely on a wire rack and serve topped with whipped cream.

CAJUN SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, toss the sweet potatoes and oil. Arrange potatoes in a single layer in two 15x10x1-in. baking pans coated with cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, at 450° for 20 minutes. , Combine the brown sugar, Cajun seasoning, salt and cayenne; sprinkle over potatoes. Bake 5-6 minutes longer or until tender.

CAJUN SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Peel and boil sweet potatoes until very tender.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Mix all ingredients together and beat on high for 3 minutes.
• Fill each pie crust 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 40 minutes. Let cool so that it will thicken and become cuttable.
• Enjoy.