This sweet potato pie recipe with evaporated milk has been passed down through the years and is so crowd-pleasing it's been coined "the world's best."
Preparation Time
15 mins
Cooking Time
1 hr 35 mins
Total Time
1 hr 50 mins
Calories
301 Calories
Recipe Instructions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Step 2
Place sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 40 to 50 minutes. Drain water; peel and mash sweet potatoes in a large bowl until smooth.
Step 3
Mix together beaten eggs and melted butter in a medium bowl until well combined; stir into mashed sweet potatoes. Mix in milk, sugar, flour, vanilla, nutmeg, baking powder, and lemon juice until smooth; pour mixture evenly into pie shells.
Step 4
Bake pies in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Decrease oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the center of a pie comes out clean, about 40 minutes more. Cool pies for 15 to 30 minutes before refrigerating to cool completely, 1 to 2 hours.
Ingredients
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
5 eggs, beaten
3 large sweet potatoes
1 cup white sugar, or to taste
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk (such as PET®)
