This simple selfmade candy potato pie recipe is actually one of the unbelievable pies I’ve made. It has a flaky butter crust with a creamy, mild candy potato filling. I can not wait so that you can strive it!
We realized the best way to make candy potato pie from our pal, Richard. He’s an unbelievable chef and grew up within the South, so I knew he was the proper particular person to speak to about it. Richard’s candy potato pie is out of the world. So mild, scrumptious, and creamy!
In case you’re accustomed to our pumpkin pie, this selfmade candy potato pie is analogous, however it’s a bit extra flavorful, much less spiced, and has a extra mild and fluffy filling. I like it a lot!
Key Components
- Pie crust: I take advantage of this flaky butter pie crust. It’s the selfmade crust we advocate for all our pie recipes on Impressed Style. To make candy potato pie and not using a crust, pour the filling right into a baking dish and bake it till a toothpick inserted about 2 inches from the crust comes out clear.
- Candy potatoes: I take advantage of contemporary candy potatoes, that are generally bought as yams. It doesn’t matter if the label says candy potato or yam so long as you purchase medium-to-large potatoes with orange flesh. Search for Beauregard, Jewel, and Garnet candy potatoes. Suggestions for canned candy potatoes are beneath the recipe.
- Sugar: This pie is much less candy than others I’ve tried. We use brown sugar within the filling, which sweetens and provides a caramelized taste.
- Butter and Milk: In contrast to my pumpkin pie recipe, which makes use of cream within the filling, this candy potato pie requires a mix of melted butter and milk. They make our pie filling lighter and extra fluffy.
- Eggs: I take advantage of 2 eggs to assist the pumpkin pie filling arrange. In addition they add a wealthy taste that you simply’ll love.
- Spices: I really like the mix of vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt on this pie. You style the spices, however they aren’t overpowering.
Make Candy Potato Pie
Candy potato pie is simply as easy to make as homemade pumpkin pie. As an alternative of pumpkin puree, you’ll want cooked candy potato. Based mostly on Richard’s suggestions, I steam them. It’s very easy and faster than baking. Steaming additionally prevents our potatoes from turning into waterlogged. Another choice is to bake them (baking ideas are beneath the recipe). We don’t advocate boiling candy potatoes for this pie.
When the potatoes cool, I scoop out the flesh and beat them with melted butter, brown sugar, milk, eggs, and our spices. A handheld mixer does the trick, or you should utilize a stand mixer.
When it’s properly blended, I scoop the filling into my crust and bake the pie!
I bake candy potato pie in a 350°F oven for round 50 minutes. Relying in your oven, you would possibly want a bit longer.
Then, it wants to chill to room temperature, and when you have the time, chill it within the fridge in a single day. Chilling in a single day helps with that shiny prime and the sleek, creamy filling.
For serving, I really like this conventional Southern pie topped with our not-so-traditional bitter cream whipped cream (phenomenal) and a dusting of chopped pecans. As a lot as I really like pumpkin pie, we’re bringing candy potato pie to Thanksgiving this 12 months, and I feel it’s best to, too.
For extra Thanksgiving recipes, see my favourite Thanksgiving turkey, these unbelievable candied pecans, this fresh green bean casserole, and our homemade apple pie.
Simple Candy Potato Pie
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We love this simple candy potato pie recipe! It’s flavorful, creamy inside, and topped with a stunning whipped cream. We hold this extra conventional by holding again on the spices. You’ll love how the candy potato taste comes via.
We favor to steam our candy potatoes for this pie. Steaming is simple and is slightly simpler in the case of ensuring the complete potato is cooked via, however not caramelized. In case you’d favor to bake them, we’ve included ideas beneath.
1 (9-inch) pie, 8 servings
Watch Us Make the Recipe
You Will Want
Candy Potato Pie
Homemade Pie Crust, our recipe makes two crusts, you have to one
2 massive candy potatoes or yams (orange flesh), 1 ½ kilos
8 tablespoons (115g) unsalted butter, melted
3/4 cup (150g) brown sugar
1/2 cup (120ml) complete milk
2 massive eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon floor cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon floor ginger
1/4 teaspoon tremendous sea salt, omit if utilizing salted butter
Bitter Cream Whipped Cream
1 ½ cups (355ml) chilled heavy cream
1 tablespoon powdered sugar, or extra to style
6 tablespoons (90g) bitter cream
Instructions
- Prepare dinner Candy Potatoes
1Fill a big pot with 2 to three inches of water and produce to a simmer. Insert a steamer basket contained in the pot. Place the candy potatoes into the steamer basket, decrease the warmth to take care of a gentle simmer, and canopy the pot with a lid.
2Steam till the candy potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork, 35 to 45 minutes. Enable the candy potatoes to chill fully.
3Make-ahead: Wrap and retailer steamed candy potatoes for as much as 2 days within the fridge.
- Roll Out Crust
1Evenly grease a 9-inch pie plate (pie dish).
2Roll out the dough to be two inches bigger than your pie dish (I take advantage of an 8-inch or 9-inch pie dish). Gently press the dough down into the dish to line the underside and sides. (Watch out to not pull or stretch the dough). Trim dough to inside 1/2-inch of the dish edge.
3Fold the perimeters of the dough beneath itself, making a thicker, 1/4-inch border that rests on the lip of the dish. Crimp edges. (We do that in our pie crust recipe video). Refrigerate till you’re able to bake the pie.
- Make Pie Filling
1When cooled, take away the pores and skin from candy potatoes. You’ll need 20 ounces — 2 beneficiant cups — of candy potato flesh for the pie. Save unused candy potato for one more dish.
2Place candy potatoes in a big mixing bowl and use a handheld mixer to beat them on medium-high pace for one minute. Add the melted butter, brown sugar, milk, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt.
3Combine on a low pace till blended, then enhance the pace to medium-high and blend for 2 minutes. The combination could look grainy, however that is okay.
- Bake Pie
1Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C).
2Place pie dish with crust onto a baking sheet. Scoop batter into the ready pie shell and clean out the highest. Bake till the filling is ready and a toothpick or skinny knife plunged it into the pie, about 2 inches from the sting, comes out largely clear. Rotate a few times throughout baking. The pie will bake 55 to 60 minutes.
3Let cool to room temperature, after which refrigerate in a single day. Because it cools, the center of the pie will fall barely. Do your finest to chill the pie to room temperature slowly — a technique to do that is to go away the pie in your oven turned off with the door open.
- Whipped Cream Topping
1Pour the chilled cream into a big mixing bowl together with the powdered sugar. Utilizing a hand mixer, start beating the cream at a low pace. Because the cream begins to foam and bubble, regularly enhance the pace to medium-high.
2Proceed beating the cream at medium-high pace till delicate peaks kind — this happens when the beaters are lifted, and the cream peaks gently flop over.
3As soon as delicate peaks have shaped, add the bitter cream to the blending bowl. Proceed beating the cream on medium-high pace till it thickens and the peaks stand tall and agency when the beaters are lifted. Unfold or pipe the whipped cream onto the pie. If there are any cracks between the crust and filling, use the whipped cream to cowl them.
Adam and Joanne’s Suggestions
- To bake candy potatoes for candy potato pie, scrub, pierce, and bake them at 400°F (205°C) for 45-50 minutes till tender.
- Can I take advantage of canned candy potatoes? You can also make candy potato pie with canned candy potatoes. In case you do use canned, use candy potato puree. For our recipe, you have to 20 ounces or two beneficiant cups.
- Storing: Candy potato pie will final in your fridge for as much as 3 days and within the freezer for as much as 3 months. Go away the whipped topping off the pie till the day of serving. The whipped topping ought to last more, however we advocate including it as much as 24 hours earlier than serving. In case you are freezing the pie, wrap it in foil earlier than freezing. Thaw frozen candy potato pie in a single day within the fridge.
- The vitamin info supplied beneath are estimates. We didn’t embrace the whipped cream topping.
Diet Per Serving
Serving Dimension
1 slice, 8 whole
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Energy
407
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Whole Fats
24.9g
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Saturated Fats
15.1g
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Ldl cholesterol
109.1mg
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Sodium
196.8mg
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Carbohydrate
41.8g
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Dietary Fiber
1.6g
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Whole Sugars
21.3g
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Protein
4.9g
