Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan Topping Recipe 

Here is a recipe that I haven’t tried yet, but when I read it, it really looks like one I definitely am going to give a try to. Why don’t you do that as well and let me know what you thought – sharing is what this is all about 🙂

Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan Topping

Ingredients:

• 2-3 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 inch chunks
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup plus ½ cup of packed light brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons of pure maple syrup
• ¼ teaspoon of salt
• ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon of ground nutmeg
• ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon of heavy cream
• 1 pie crust
• 3 tablespoons of butter
• 1 cup of pecans, broken into pieces

Directions:

1. In  a larger saucepan, cover sweet potatoes with water.
2. Bring to a boil, cook until tender – about 15 minutes
3. Drain and puree in a food processor until completely smooth
4. Let cool completely
5. To make the filling:
6. Preheat oven to 375F
7. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, 1/3 cup of brown sugar and maple syrup until smooth
8. Add sweet potato puree, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ¾ cup of cream
9. Whisk until completely smooth
10. Pour into pie crust
11. Bake pie on a lowest rack in the oven, until filling is set – about 50 minutes
12. If crust browns too quickly, tent edges with foil
13. Transfer pie to a rack to cool
14. Make pecan topping:
15. In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat
16. Add remaining ½ cup light brown sugar and pecans
17. Cook, stirring, until sugar is incorporated  and the mixture is smooth – about 3 minutes
18. Stir in remaining tablespoon of cream and let cool for couple of minutes
19. Pour mixture over the pie
20. With a butter knife or spatula, spread mixture over pie
21. Cool until topping has hardened – about 30 minutes

Serve cooled and top with whipped topping or vanilla ice cream

Enjoy this recipe and please let me know how it worked out for you – your comments are very welcomed and much appreciated!