Mimi's Southern Sweet Potato Pie

Traditional Southern-style sweet potato pie. This is my mother's recipe, but she's Mimi to my kids, so in our house we call this dish Mimi's sweet potato pie. It's delicious right out of the oven, at room temp, or right out of the refrigerator.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 398 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups white sugar
• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 2 (9 inch) pie crusts
• 2 sweet potatoes, scrubbed
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg, or to taste (Optional)
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon, or to taste (Optional)
• 8 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 1 pinch ground cloves, or to taste (Optional)
• 1 pinch ground allspice, or to taste (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven until firm, about 45 minutes.

Step 3

Bring a pot of water to a boil; add sweet potatoes and boil until soft, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove and discard skin; mash potatoes in a bowl until lumps are removed.

Step 4

Mix 1 cup mashed sweet potatoes, sugar, condensed milk, butter, eggs, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves together in a bowl. Divide batter evenly between the 2 pie crusts.