Southern Sweet Potato Pie With Marshmallows And Pecans Recipes

SWEET POTATO PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bake sweet potatoes until fork-tender, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool until easily handled.
• Peel and mash sweet potatoes. Make sure all lumps are removed, straining if necessary.
• Lightly beat eggs. Blend together eggs and sweet potatoes. Stir in sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Blend in cream. Pour into pie shell.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes, or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge of pie comes out clean. Cool completely on a rack.
• Make the caramelized pecan topping. Combine butter or margarine, brown sugar, and pecans. Gently drop by spoonfuls over cooled pie to cover top. Broil 5 inches below heat until mixture begins to bubble, about 3 minutes. Watch carefully, if cooked too long, top will turn syrupy. Cool on rack.

CANDIED SWEET POTATOES WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Prick potatoes several times with a fork and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake potatoes in the preheated oven until you can easily pierce them halfway through with a sharp knife, about 1 1/2 hours. Remove from the oven and allow to cool until easily handled, at least 20 minutes. Leave the oven on.
• Meanwhile, mix brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, pecans, and pumpkin pie spice for topping in a bowl until thoroughly combined.
• Peel the cooled sweet potatoes and cut crosswise into 3/4-inch thick slices.
• Lightly grease a 9x13-inch ceramic or glass baking dish with 2 teaspoons butter. Spread potato slices in a single layer in the dish and spoon a bit of topping over each slice. Add remaining potato slices in a second layer and sprinkle with remaining topping.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until bubbly and browned, about 20 minutes. Use a serving spoon to dish this out, making sure to get to some of the sauce from the bottom for each serving.

SOUTHERN SWEET POTATO PIE WITH MARSHMALLOWS AND PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Pour 2 cups of water into a medium size cooking pan. While waiting for the water to boil, peel the medium sweet potato, wash off, and then slice down the middle. Put them in the boiled water, turn down to medium heat. Cook in boiled water for about 25-30 minutes depending on the sweet potato. Check with a fork to see if potato is done.
• When done, take out into a medium size mixing bowl, mash down sweet potato with a masher utensil, let cool for about 5-7 minutes, and then add eggs and butter, mix together. Then add the sugar and mix well. Add the vanilla flavor, mix well. Then add the evaporated milk, mix well. Then lastly, sprinkle nutmeg to desired taste, mix well.
• Pour in a deep dish pie crust, and bake for 25-30 minutes. Stick a toothpick in to see if ready to take out. When done, let stand for 5-10 minutes to cool. Then add pecans completely over the top of the pie. Then add your marshmallows for a treat that's out of this world. Indulge and enjoy.....