Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients
3 to 4 large sweet potatoes (about 2½ lbs.)½ tsp. salt
½ cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
½ tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
4 eggs
1 12- to 13-oz. can evaporated milk
2 9-inch deep-dish frozen pie shells
Preparation
• Preheat oven and cookie sheet to 375 degrees.
• Cook sweet potatoes in boiling water until fork easily pierces them. Cool slightly. Slip off peels.
• Place potatoes in large mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer until smooth.
• Mix in butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix in spices, salt and evaporated milk.
• Pour into unbaked piecrusts.
• Bake on preheated cookie sheet near center of oven for 70 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.
