Southern Homemade Sweet Potato Pie Recipe ~ So Easy, So Delicious!
Yall…….I am sitting here typing up this post while eating a piece of this sweet potato pie and I am seriously wondering how the heck can a sweet potato taste this freakin good!
I’ve had a TON of homemade sweet potato pies and made plenty of recipes for them. This one is definitely giving those others a run for their money!
This sweet potato pie recipe starts with an easy homemade pie crust that is buttery & flaky.
Then comes those fresh sweet potatoes! Fresh sweet potatoes are a MUST if you want a true, authentic tasting southern sweet potato pie. The kind that makes you take a bite and then just stare at it. Yall know what I’m talking about!
I hope that you enjoy this recipe just as much as I do!
****2015 update**** I now make this pie by roasting my sweet potatoes and using my favorite pie crust recipe. I also add in a splash of lemon juice.
Get the Recipe: Southern Homemade Sweet Potato Pie Recipe ~ So Easy, So Delicious!
Ingredients
- The Crust, makes two pie crust
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ¾ cups butter flavored shortening
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup ice water
- The Sweet Potato Filling
- 2 cups sweet potatoes, 2 medium sweet potatoes usually does it. I always have a bit extra left
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoons ginger
- 1 Tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Let's Make The Crust!
- In a bowl add the flour and cut in the shortening, until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the sugar & the salt.
- Mix the egg up inside the ice cold water. Pour into the crust mixture and stir until combined.
- Turn the crust mixture out onto a floured surface and gather it into a large ball. You may need to kneed it lightly just to get all the dry crumbs to incorporate into a ball.
- Divide the ball into two pieces. (Store the other ball in the refrigerator and use it for another yummy pie in the future!)
- Roll the dough out about 1/4 inch thick and then place it into a deep dish pie pan.
- Press the crust into place with your hands.
- Refrigerate until ready to use. You can brush it with egg whites to get that shiny crust if you'd like.
- To make the filling, place sweet potatoes in a large pot and fill with water just until it covers them.
- Bring to a boil and boil for 45 -50 minutes or until they are fork tender.
- When done, let cool and then remove the skin. It should peel off very easily.
- Place peeled sweet potatoes in a bowl and break it up with a fork.
- Use a mixer to mix the sweet potatoes until smooth and creamy.
- Add in butter and mix to combine.
- Add in sugars, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, vanilla, and flour. Beat until mixture is smooth. It may be a little speckled, don't worry it won't be that way when it's done.
- Pour into prepared pie crust and bake for 55-60 minutes. (don't be alarmed if the pie puffs up while cooking. It will sink down)
- Let cool on the counter for about 30 minutes and then chill in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours to fully set.
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This sweet potato pie recipe is the bomb! The best one I’ve ever tried! I used an all butter crust but otherwise followed the recipe verbatim. Thanks so much for sharing this, Monique!
I tried this recipe for Thanksgiving. I was thrown off by adding brown sugar. I told my sister, who makes the best sweet potato pies I have ever tasted and she said “brown sugar”…..I have never heard of using brown sugar in sweet potato pies. I must say, when I tried this recipe….it was the best sweet potato pie I have ever tasted….If I must say so myself. Well, Christmas 2020 is tomorrow and I am using this recipe once again… I love the taste of this pie. This is a recipe worth trying. YUMMMMMMMY
Yes yes yes. When I did this recipe for the first time, it was easter and gone the same night. This is my go to recipe for my swett potato pie. Thanksgiving is in 2 days and I will be baking 4 or more. Thank you for this lil secret.
Love… Love…Love!!! I made this pie for the first time and have gotten multiple requests to make I will be making this pie again this week.. This is definitely my go to recipe for sweet potato pies. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!!!!
I made this pie on three different occasions and they loved! Thanks
The flour made it dry :(. I will use recipe again omitting the flour. Adding 1/2 or 1 cup additional sugar and 1 additional egg.
Baby, this recipe was on point. I tried two different recipes, my other pie was eaten and this pie came back home (simply because it was too many desserts). I stored it in the fridge, 2 days later I took half to work kept half home. Honey, one bite and the office went crazy, I hadn’t tasted yet and went crazy too once I had a taste. Short story, it was gone in a few minutes. Definitely making this my go to recipe. Oh and yes, it is a little loose, but letting it gel in the fridge is important. Mmmmm good!
I have used many recipes from this website. The results have been wonderful. Knowing how to combine the ingredients is the key.
The filling mixture is really runny. Is this normal?
Tried this recipe minus the nutmeg and the ginger and absolutely loved it. This year for thanksgiving my mom made sweet potato pie with yams, and I was so upset lol. This is my favorite pie, and I was craving it so bad that I decided to bake it myself for the first time so that I could have two whole pies to myself (:
Sweet Potato Pie, is the Best!!
I have made.
Mom would always make a Sweet Potato Pie
For Birthday, Holidays
Seriously just like what Ma Made
Thank you for the Sweet Memories
My husband and I have been together 4 years but only married a few months. It was important to me to cook the Thanksgiving dinner this year and add elements he loved. This year I made my first EVER sweet potato pie. I do NOT like sweet potatoes. I used elements of your recipe to make mini pies for him. That brown butter was so awesome I used it in my gravy. Lol. Thanks so much for this. He loved my pie.
Made it; ate it!! ?????
Can almond milk be used in this instead of evaporated milk?
Exactly what I was looking for
Can this be make with almond milk instead of the evaporated milk? I can’t have dairy and thought to use almond milk in place of the milk and a vegan butter in place of the butter.
Best recipe ever.
The best
This turned out delicious! The filling was soooo good and the crust was quite the delight! Buttery and flaky.
I used the 2nd pie crust for chicken pot pie which wa PERFECT for it. Thank you!
How much flower is to be put in the pie filling ?
I see your note that you now roast the sweet potatoes… How? Diced? How long, what temp? My mom was always the sweet potato pie queen, but she moved several states away, and my siblings miss her pies, so I’m going to give it a shot
I’ve been making this recipe since 2012! It’s the best pie I’ve ever had! I always make it for thanksgiving! Every year since everyone asks if I’m gonna make my pie! No one even misses the pumpkin pie! Awesome recipe. FYI i always end having to make 4-6 pies cause family love them sooooo much
Instead of using shortening, can we substitute it for butter instead?
Please email me this recipe – Southern Sweet Potato Pie.
Gonna try it
I made this for Christmas and it so delicious. I had to make it again. My friends never had sweet potato before so hope they will like it.
Thank you, thank you! I made collard greens with ham left over from Christmas and needed a dessert. MY friend recommended sweet potato pie and sent me this link. I used condensed coconut milk instead of evaporated milk and it was a little too sweet for me. Next time I’ll use less sugar, perhaps a 1/3 less of each. I also used butter instead of shortening and had a flaky crust. I will make another pie tomorrow and will add a little lemon juice as suggested. Your directions were clear and the video was a big help.
I made this twice. Each time it was a hit. The second time I cooked the pie a little longer and I loved it even more. The only thing that I didn’t manage to do was make the crust. For some reason it just would not work for me. I will definitely try again.
I made several sweet potato pies using this recipe this Christmas and they were a hit with everyone. This is the recipe I have been searching for. Thank you for this amazing recipe!
So I made this for Christmas dessert today and it was a HIT OMG!!! So much flavor thank you again for another great recipe!
Can’t wait to try this recipe
OMG, it turned out nice my fiance loved it I loved it. Thanks so much.
What can I substitute for eggs?
Awesome I added lemon peel and fresh lemon juice!
Forgot to rate.
I used this recipe to make my first sweet potato pie. It was outstanding. Instead of boiling the potatoes I oven roasted them with butter, cinnamon stick and star anise for 1 hour. Followed the remainder of the recipe but omitted the ginger.
You made the instructions written look so easy. I think I just might make this today. Can the crust be made with butter instead of butter flavored Crisco? ~Smile!
The best sweet potato pie I’ve ever made!
Thank you!
This was the first made sweet potato pie. It was a HIT!
Girl, you can cook! This pie took me back about 55 years! Thank you for sharing! (I did use store-bought pie crusts, though. ???? Faster!)
I hate the taste of evaporated milk,can I use condensed milk instead?
Gross I threw it out and remade. This is clearly a pie for extremely White people. This is not a sweet potato pie guys don’t judge one off this yuck
Sooo good! You made a sweet potato pie fan out of me.
I hate the taste of evaporated milk. Can I use condensed milk instead?
We always use lemon extract but I bet fresh lemon juice would be great
Excellent recipe. The first time I made sweet potato pie it was amazing but I lost the recipe and it’s always been bland since then. This recipe is even better than that first one. I did everything as written except where I had to sub stuff as we are vegan. It makes the perfect vegan pie! One note, vegan butter is very salty when browned. If you are vegan and browning butter then you will want to add 1 more tbsp. of brown sugar. You might even want to add it to the butter itself. Also do make this with the suggested crust, that crust is to die for.
I am a baker and have forever been scared to make sweet potato pie from scratch. But chile this receipe right here is the truth!!!???????? I have tweeked the filling ingredients a tad did (3/4 cuos white sugar and did a tsp of lemon extract in addition to the vanilla and used 3-4 sweet potatoes used all spice instead of nutmeg and ground ginger )and let it cook for an addition 10 mins. It was spectacular????????????????????????
I usually make pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, as I have tried my hand at Sweet Potato and mine never really comes out with that real southern “sweet potato” flavor. I am definitely going to use this recipe this Thanksgiving…looks like a winner and I know it will turn out great! I love all of your recipes. Keep bringing us the best and thanks so much.
Soooo good. Glad I chose this recipe. Delicious!!!! I wish I could post a photo.
Can I freeze these and eat on Thanksgiving.
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absolutely love this sweet potato pie recipe. this was my first time making homemade crust and it turned out great. thank you
OH MY GOSH SO SO GREAT… LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.
I made this recipe and added a splash of lemon juice. It was delicious!!!
Excellent
This was a recipe that I used to make my first Sweet Potato Pies last Thanksgiving and EVERYONE thought it was bought. Amazinggg
I am a 55 year old man and when I was a child we had a garden in the back yard where we grew sweet potatoes and other vegetables (not fun when we had to weed this garden). When we harvested the sweet potatoes they were set aside until about a week before thanksgiving and then we went into potato pie production mode. I was always interested in all things cooked so I was her sidekick for this baking marathon. Mom always peeled the potatoes before boiling them, but now that I’ve seen your recipe it seems boiling them first makes the pealing easier, and once they were cooled my first job was to press them through a strainer. The straining process was to catch the bulk of the fibers that the lovely sweet spud has been blessed with. While I was doing this mom built about 50 or 60 pie crusts. Then came the creation of the pie filling, or as mom would call it, “The Goody”. There was never a written recipe it was all in mom’s head the only ingredients I can remember are evaporated milk, flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, eggs, salt, and nutmeg. The proportions are unknown it went completely by taste, and if there were other ingredients sadly I don’t know them. mom would mix everything up by hand as we were not wealthy enough to have an electric mixer. Then came my favorite job, and that was the taster. She would take a spoon and splat a dollop of “the Goody” into the palm of my hand and I would taste it and tell her what ingredient she needed to add. This went on until I thought it was perfect, then she would add “The Goody” to the pie crust, I would slide the uncooked pie into a plastic freezer bag make sure all the air was out and twist tie it shut, (in those days only the wealthy could afford Zip Lock). We had a large stand alone freezer, my mom and dad bought one year with an income tax refund, and that held all the pies with lots of room to spare. So whenever we wanted pie, or needed to take something to someone’s house for a wedding or funeral we would pull one out of the freezer, bake it, let it cool and Voila an instant desert or gift. This long winded story is to say that although mom is still alive she has dementia so this recipe is locked away somewhere in her brain, never to see the light of day again. I have since tried to duplicate mom’s pie many times, but it just never seemed to be quite right. However when I saw your recipe, I knew it was probably as close as I was going to get to mom’s. So I am going to try your recipe, one with the ginger and one without and send you another comment, I promise it will be much shorter to let you know how i made out.
Sweet potato pie isn’t a thing in South Africa. I had bought a vegetable combo from our local market and it came with sweet potatoes. Not being a fan of sweet potatoes and not wanting to waste the ones I had, I decided to try out your recipe and find out what the rave was about. I must say that the pie turned out beautifully and was delicious. Even my picky children lapped it all up. I will definitely be making it again.
Love his recipe. I have made sweet potato pies growing up with my grandma. I wanted to try this recipe for Christmas dinner this year. It was pretty easy. Thank you for always sharing your delightful recipes.
I made this with the help of my mother-in-law. I thought they turned out really good. – I made 2 pies. She didn’t let me use the full amount of butter because she said she’s made plenty of pies and thought 1 stick of butter was enough. So I don’t know if that makes a huge difference in the taste, since this was my first time trying sweet potato pie, but she loved the pies and so did I.
Christina, one stick of butter equals 1/2 cup. So you followed the recipe without knowing. LOL!
The last sweet potato pie I made was 22 years ago. I made another one this November, with your recipe and everyone loved it. Thanks
Thank you very much.
OOOOOMG!!!! I made this recipe and it is soooo delicious! Today is my first time making sweet potato pies and thanks to you they came out delicious! Thanks for sharing your recipes .
Hi Monique! I want to fist say thank you for your amazing recipes! How much lemon juice so you add to the sweet potato pie filling?
I am so excited to have found your website and plan to try several of your dishes this year. I was online looking for new recipes just to change it up some and wow the fam. THANK YOU MONIQUE ((love the name too since we have the same one LOL)
forgot to add my the *STAR* rating lol!!
ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!!!
I doubled the recipe and baked the potatoes. I doubled all but used 1 Cup regular sugar and 1 cup of brown sugar. I used a frozen premodern pie shell to cut down on time.
I let it cool to warm but felt it could use more spice. Will it be stronger tomorrow? The texture and presentation is wonderful and I am making maple whipped cream.
Thank u so much!! I am already plnning my holiday meals using your recipes
I love your other pie crust recipe and I use it for my peach cobblers and pecan pies. I noticed the recipe with this one is a little different. Would you recommend using this one or is the other one ok to use?
I am a Pastry Chef but I never really delved in to making Sweet Potato pie. In fact, most of the pies we made in school were berry pies or custards. Anyway, I searched for sweet potato pie recipe that looked similar to how I recall my Grandpa making them!! Bayybbeeeee, this recipe is fantastic. Your recipe and God Blessing my hands to bake it….#soYummy. Thank you so much!!
Love your recipes your awsome and inspiring
Hi, I just printed out a bunch of your recipes. I was wondering why you do not use self-rising flour to make your pie dough instead of All Purpose flour?
Most pie crusts are made with all-purpose flour because you don’t need a leavening agent because you don’t want the crust to rise or puff up
Are there any substitute 4 the evaporated milk….
This pie is the beat recipe I have ever tasted. Girl, let me tell you I usually follow your recipe my 2nd year now but Thanksgiving I tried the Patti L. Recipe and I didn’t even eat any so let’s just say I’ll be sticking to yours. I also make your grandmothers Cornbread dressing and Collard Greens. You’re the best. Thank you for blessing us with your goodies. I’ll be writing them down and passing them on to my daugbters . I’ll definitely give your the credit tho. Happy Holidays!!!!!
This pie is so good. Making another one right now. This is my 3rd time. Thanks for the recipe!!!
I will attempt to bake and make a pie crust from scratch. wish me luck. its for my company team holiday bake goods.
Can I use dark brown sugar and how much
Im not a baker but I wanted to give baking a homemade pie a try . I loved it. I followed the recipe exact. Next time I wil add a little lemon juice. I swear if I dont stop myself I can eat the entire pie. I wished my hubby like sweet potatoes but he wont eveb try my pir
Omg your recipes made my thanksgiving day dinner a total success. This was the first time I even attempt to make sweet potato pie and my family and friends loved it! I have tried several of your recipes and they have turned out just wonderful. I already bought your other cookbooks and am anxiously awaiting your next cookbook. Thanks for making cooking fun again.
Hi everyone tried this recipe came out excellent very easy
Me, my family and my neighbor loved this recipe. Thank you so much for sharing it to the public. I was told the pie was awsome.
I did this recipe for Thanksgiving. It was okay, but it didn’t have the taste of the sweet potato pie I like.
I absolutely love this recipe. It’s so yummy and easy to make. Thank you for sharing.
I love your site. Making this for the 2nd year, do you have a tutorial for roasting the sweet potatoes ?
Great recipe, and easy to follow for any cook. In the past, I have tried different recipes, but yours is tops.
I made this for the first time and before now, I wasn’t the biggest sweet potato fan but now I ???? them! This recipe is so good! I was wondering how using condensed sweetened milk changes the pie? Have you ever tried this? Thanks!
I’ve been looking for a sweet potato pie recipe (didn’t care for Patti Labelle’s) and came to your site after looking at many others. When I was trying to find a red velvet cake recipe a few years ago I ended up adapting yours (way too much red food dye). Anyway, I’m wondering about the tablespoon of flour in your sweet potato pie. Yours is the only site I found that calls for flour. What is its purpose? Does it help the filling set?
Hello,
Can I substitute the shortening in the crust? I prefer to use either lard or full butter.
All butter can be used. When I make pies I use all butter just be sure to let it chill after making the dough to the butter can firm back up before rolling it out for the pan.
I prefer to use European or Irish butter myself. So you certainly can!
I have tried many different sweet potato pie recipes from different website but your recipe is the best! I will be using this recipe from now on. Thank you!
This is the best sweet potato pie recipe I have tried! Thank you!
Never have I been able to find a recipe to even come close to my mother’s Southern Sweet Potato Pie since her passing in 1995.
Every year she would faithfully make my favorite pie for my Birthday and Christmas. I never thought I would ever taste such a delicious pie like hers again. Thank you so much for bringing alive those precious memories of times past. This is my second time making this recipe baking two pies instead of one. Tomorrow I will be blessing my neighbor with a pie while savoring memories from the past enjoying the other.
I quickly fell in love with your site. Can’t wait to try the sweet potato pie and the beef ribs. Thanks so much and keep passing your family secrets on down to us.
Thank you soooo much for this recipe! I don’t bake but I wanted to surprise my husband on Valentine’s Day and he LOVED IT! Same thing with your Southern Collard Greens recipe. My husband’s mother has Alzheimer’s and I just knew he had written off every having collard greens again. Now, I can make em whenever he likes! You’re the best!
I make almost like urs diva. Only thing that’s different I don’t add ginger. I added 1 extra tsp of vanilla and 1 tsp of lemon extract. Cause lemon enhances the flavor. Omg talking ppl going nuts over my sweet potato pie at work church and home lol
OMG. You had my children fighting on Christmas Day. Fighting over who could take the last sweet potato pie. The pie was delicious and the children were hilarious. Thank you for a great recipe.
Made sweet potato pies for Christmas. They were delicious. Love your site.
I want to make this but i don’t want to make the crust. Just want the filling. I will buy the crust for now. Can’t wait to make it
Ok Lady! I made your Sweet Potato Pie, and it was an Absolute Hit!!! I had enough filling to make three pies! I blessed my Auntie & My Sister with a pie each and i kept one. I was so proud of myself and So Grateful For You!!!!! Blessings, Love, & Light! Thank You for sharing your Gift, that is creating enormous room for You with us!!!!
Very good pie recipe! I made a Google search for a good pie, saw your link on the results, and the rest is history. The family really enjoyed it after Thanksgiving dinner. I will continue to use your recipe in the future, and made sure I shared it with all my FB family as well.
OMG!!! I have been baking all my life, let’s just say a looong time. I have never ever seen a crust recipe with egg in it, but my family and I are sure glad I stumbled upon divascancook ‘sweet potato pie recipe.
I will be using your pie crust recipe for all crust baking in my future, and the sweet potato pie, oh yes…easy and awesome.
You have another new fan 🙂 <3
Mrs. Monique! Mrs. Monique! Your sweet potato pie recipe tastes DELICIOUS!!! I am so proud to put it on the table this Thanksgiving! I have tried a couple of recipes in the past and this tops them all!! Thank you for sharing and letting me feel like a DIVA IN THE KITCHEN!!!! -YOU ROCK
Dear Diva, First visit and it’s the day before Thanksgiving. I can’t tell you how happy I am to find your web site. I needed a sweet potato pie recipe and yours is perfect. I’ll top it off with a few pecans before baking and whipped cream just before serving. TY so much for sharing. 🙂
IT’S {2} DAYS AWAY FROM THANKSGIVING, AND I WAS ABOUT TO GIVE UP ON MAKING MY HUSBANDS FAVORITE PIE, SWEET POTATO. SINCE WE WERE MARRIED, I NEVER COULD MAKE HIM ONE THAT HE HAD LIKED!! AND WE ARE MARRIED {33} YEARS!! IT’S EITHER NOT SWEET ENOUGH, OR IT HAS NO TASTE. NOW!! HERE I AM LOOKING AT YOUR RECIPE, AND I AM HAVING SO MUCH HOPE AGAIN!! I WILL MAKE THIS PIE, AND BE SO HAPPY!! THANK-YOU, FOR GIVING ME MY HAPPINESS BACK!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TOO YOU ALL!!!
Do you use sweet potatoes or yams? I always get confused about which to use for pies. The canned yams are what my mother always used, but I’d like to try making it with fresh ones.
Nina, sweet potatoes and yams are the same thing in the U.S. Just make sure it’s the orange-reddish colored potato with red skin and you’ll be fine!
Monique, Thank you so much for this recipe! I made it for the Holiday last year, now I have several requests for it again this year! 🙂
Haven’t even finished in the oven yet but the filling tastes amazing. Thanks for the recipe
Your sweet potatoe pie is just AMAZING!!!! My family couldn’t stop eating it to top it off i placed some cocount flakes in it and it was DELICIOUS yummy
Hi Mrs. Diva,
I wanted to know why my potatoes have this like stringy layer on them when I peel them?
That comes from boiling them too long…learned that from my mom i normally stick a knife in them when it slides off there ready
thanks for sharing that about the strings I never knew that but have since learned.
Mrs. Monique because of you I can hold my head up high during h holiday, turkey, yams, dressing, potatoe salad and MUCH more. I thank you:!
This was my first time making a homemade sweet potato pie and I must say it turned out fabulous. It was very easy to make. My boyfriend who loves sweet potato pie said it was way better than the store bought ones that I’m always getting for him. I look forward to trying more of your recipes for this holiday season.
Can i use eagle brand sweet condensed milk in place of evaporated milk?
Hello Monique…I too made this pie n it’s the bomb!!! Thanks for your recipes. I’m a true follower of your recipes.
hello miss diva.. im a filipina follower of yours…i have tried your banana bread and it comes out moist and yummy…my family loved it… now i will try this sweetpotato pie bcoz sweet potato here in the philippines are very much available anytime.. what i wnt to ask is can i make this recipe into mini pies?how about the temp. and baking time are there changes too?tnx….more power….
i love all your recipe ;and your way is very simple thank you soooo much
Currently I have two of these pies baking in the oven and the aromas coming from my kitchen are absolutely heavenly! I used 3 chunky sized sweet potatoes and had enough for 2 full pies. I did reduce the white and brown sugars to 1/4 cup each and the flavor was still delicious. I literally had to stop myself from eating too much of the filling before pouring it into the pie crusts lol It’s that good! I can’t wait for my family and I to dig into this pie!! Thank you so much for the wonderful recipe!
Thanks so much for this recipe!! My father in law requested it, and I had never made one before. So good!!
This was my first time making a pie & with your recipe and detailed directions/video it was a success! THANK YOU!!
My husband had some sweet potatoes and ask me to make a pie with my new kitchen Aid mixer. He ate both of them. Once again you rock with these recipes.
I’m making this again as I type. I had left over sweet potatoes. This recipe is on point. I don’t have the patience to make the crust from scratch so I buy the already made crust but used the recipe for the filling. It is devine!! This is my go to site.
I don’t want to make the pie crust; with this recipe did you use deep dish pie crust, or just the regular pie crust.
Hands down! The best sweet potato pie I’ve ever had and made!! It was a hit this thanksgiving. I ended up getting 3 pies out of this recipe. I use an extra potato. and had enough dough for 3 pies. EXCELENT Recipe…you never let me down Monique!!
Just made this for Thanksgiving. Came out amazing. Love your site and videos. Living in Spain now and wanted something to eat that took me home. No one does Thanksgiving here, or has even had this before. My friends loved it. Thanks.
Been looking for a good sweet potato pie recipe and I hit the jackpot right here. THIS WAS TOTALLY DELISH!
I’ve always liked to bake and try things especially baking things from scratch. I’ve cooked sugar cookies, pancakes, etc from scratch but never a pie. So I found this recipe, thankfully, and it turned out so well. I could have made the crust a little thicker but all in all it was realllly good. The filling was delicious, better than a store bought! Thanks so much.
I love this recipe me and my husband have made half of your recipes on here You are the best please don’t stop
I love your sweet potato pie recipe. Instead of making that whole pie this time, I decided to make mini sweet potato pies by using a muffin pan.
Making a Sweet Potato Pie has always been a challenge for me – I just couldn’t get a good flavor or consistency. But, I was determined to make one this year so I don’t have to ask my cousin to make one for me. I tried this recipe exactly as written and it was GREAT! It is not to sweet but not to bland either – it was just right to me. However, I preferred to bake the sweet potatoes (2lbs) instead of boiling them ( I read many different recipes and most suggested that). I used a store bought Pillbury deep dish pie she’ll instead of making the crust but had filling left over. Everyone loved the pie and my bf asked to take a slice home! THANK YOU so much for sharing this recipe.
Best recipe ever!!! My family loved it!!! Thank you soooooo much for sharing
Now I’m going to try your pecan pie 🙂
I tried this recipe and it was AMAZING!!!!! I love all of your recipes can’t wait for new recipes!!!
I made this pie. First time and it was soo good. Will try again for thanksgiving.
My first sweet potato pie from scratch,yummy!!
Thanks so much,please keep the recipes coming,they are so fun to prepare&keeps my family’s taste buds happy:)
Can I put a lattice on these or will that interfere with the cook time or temp??
Hello, I am 26 yrs old and I have three little ones 9mth old and a 4yr old and a 5yr old. I also have a fiance’ now and I think its time I learn how to cook instead of hoping for my mom to cook. She is getting older now and now its my turn to start the Thanksgiving Dinner. But guess what I can’t really cook. I can do the basics fried chicken and boxed side dishes. But Im ready to start getting down and dirty in that kitchen like my mother. My goal this year is to make my first real Thanksgiving Dinner for my FAMILY!! I finally found a website that can help me. Thank You Divas Can Cook!!
I have 6 of these in my oven right now and they smell heavenly! A small tip, recipe calls for 2 sweet potatoes. I used 6 and multiplied the recipe by 3 but that made 8 pies. I mean, the more the merrier but be prepared if you use this method lol. I also made your dressing and Mac and cheese (with Gouda) today and they were all delish! Thanks girl, merry Christmas!
I made this sweet potato pie recipe for Thanksgiving. It was the BOMB(dot)COM. I did not make the crust. (Lazy I now) But I did use a gram cracker crust. And it was amazing amazing amazing. Thank you Lady for sharing your reciepes with us. Since being in ATL I do not have family to make southern home cooked food for me. But with your help I am doing just fine. A million Thank You’s
This recipe was totally awesome…what an excellent tasting sweet potato pie…thanks so much!
Made this for my first Thanksgiving dinner along with herb roasted turkey! Amazing!!!!
Thanks to you, I can make a mean sweet potato pie! Yum yum!
I made your sweet potato pie recipe for Thanksgiving. It was great! I will be making more of your recipes.
Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe! I had made sweet potato pie before but it had never come out this delicious!!! So easy yet so yummy!!
Thanks for the recipe! I LOOOOOVE this website! I tried making sweet potato pies for the first time this Thanksgiving and girl my man slice of pie didn’t even make it to the kitchen table!! That man stood up and ate that pie!! He LOVED it and so did everyone else!!! You are such a blessing!! My entire Thanksgiving dinner came from your website and I have NOTHING left!! LOL!!! That says a lot! Girl keep those recipes coming…I look forward to them! Happy Holidays!!
I used your sweet potato pie recipe and it turned out fantabulous. It was so creamy and it melted in your mouth. Thanks so much.
I Love you and hate you at the same time! haha! I have been cooking sweet potato pie for years and my pie was the bomb! But every year my husband would say, it’s good…then mention how great his grandma’s pies were. Now, I never tried to compete with a grandma but deep down I wanted to make a pie that would make him forget his grandma’s for just a second. Well, THIS IS IT!! I’m posting this today…on Thanksgiving as he’s raving about this being my best pie. He asked if I talked to his grandma for the recipe (she passed away 7 years ago). Funny thing, we used the same ingredients but your blend is the best. I love you for sharing this and I’m putting my lil’ ole recipe back in the box!
I love this site..Such great and easy recipes…
This is the 1st year I will make the pies instead of buying them at my local bakery…So wanted to try this out before presenting it to the family..Well, I made 2. 1 I followed exact, 2. I used 1/2 &1/2 and a little Pumpkin Spice Coffee creamer.. Let’s just say..I have been instructed by my husband and kids that this will now be a monthly requirement….Thank you for sharing this with us..looking forward to more delish recipes…
i want to know since im fixing 12 pies how many sweet potatoes do i need how many eggs and do i use two of everything
This is the first time I ever made a sweet potato pie, and not to mention my own crust. It came out so good. I’ve had sweet potato pie before but nothing like this good tasting. Thank you for posting the recipe.
I Love this website!!! I have NEVER made sweet potato pie before, but this Thanksgiving I will be making one. I am thankful that I found this website! *wink*
Made 2 pies last night. They are delicious. Followed the recipe exactly. I was a little afraid of the ginger, as I have never used it before in other sweet potato pie recipes. Perfect compliment to the pie. I will be making more for Thanksgiving. Thanks Diva!!
Hey Monique, I made this pie and it turned out great. My daughter (now 40 ys old) sat down to eat a slice and when I came back she had demolished the whole pie. Good thing I made more than 1. I also would like to know if you have a recipe for a rice pudding. Everytime I do make it, it comes out okay, but I know your’s would be great! Thanks for this site. I can’t believe I’m a cooking Diva at my age (62)!
I absolutely love this recipe! It is so simple an my pies always taste great. Thank u so much for sharing!
Do you not have to blind bake the crust before you bake it with the filling? Thanks!!!
I followed this recipe step by step but i used condensed milk instead of evaporated, will that make a big difference?
Girl……..im from the south to but I thought I could cook but sista u can burn,I’m lovin all ur recipes I’ve tried them all im ready for more updated recipes
One question:can you use canned sweet potatoes, since I’m short on time, would it alter the taste at all?
This was freaking sweet and delicious!!!!! My family loved it.. I’m so happy I made 4 of these… I only have like 2 slices left ( -.- ) Thank you soo much!
Can I just leave it on the counter for an hour or two? I’m kinda in a hurry to serve it.
i will be trying this soon
I tried this recipe this past Tuesday. Banging! Loved it. I can’t wait to try more of your recipes.
Ok, so I just raved about this recipe and my computer deleted it. lol. So, I’ll keep it shorter this time.
I made these pies for Thanksgiving and oh wow…it was like I’d bitten into a slice of Heaven! Before now only Grandma’s pies could make me sit down to feast on a pie all to myself. lol Despite the many recipes on your site I have definitely put your e-cookbook on my Must Haves list for Christmas just to support you in whatever you are doing Diva! This recipe was Perfect! My family really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing and helping other young divas like myself to cook! =)
HI there! Just found your site while searching for the perfect red velvet recipe (which I will try and post feedback shortly); love the site. Anyway, this recipe looks almost identical to the one I currently use, except I don’t measure my cinnamon/nutmeg, I just add whatever looks like enough to me. The only other thing I do differently is I like to bake the sweet potatoes; I find that more of the flavor stays in the potato as opposed to ending up in the water if you boil them. Everything else is the same (as far as the filling goes). I’m going to try your crust, I’m sure its great! So I can vouch that this is the best sweet potato pie recipe that you will ever come across, hands down! It never lasts long in my house :))
Thank you for this recipe! I doubled and made four DEEEElish pies! I just had to taste test one before bringing the other three for a gathering. I am so glad I did, because now I have one all to myself! These pies get better the next day too, oooh add some whip cream and it is just sweet potato awesome-ness! Thank you! This recipe is fool proof!
Ok I found your site yesterday was looking for a different spin on my pies tried yours absolutely great. Ty for sharing.
LoVe this recipe! Thanx. GOD speed.
This website has really been delite for me and my family.Im a single dad and my cooking was non existing before finding this site.Hot dogs and hamburgers was my specialty but now with this great variety of dishes Ive been able to make some delicious meals.The sweet potato pies were excellent and a winner with kids!!!!!
Hey Diva!! Its Thanksgiving Eve and my mother asked me to cook two sweet potato pies for dinner tomorrow! Im boiling my sweet potatoes as we speak! Im sure it will be Delicious!
Thank you for this recipe, it was exactly what i was looking for.
Your website has been a life saver. I got the kids looking on here to see what they wanna try and make (meaning me) for dinner. I am using this one today. I will give update tomorrow….. that’s if I (we) can hold out til then.
Thanks Monique
Made 4 of these the other night. DELICIOUS!!!! Tried to make a maple whipped cream to eat with it, but it didn’t get thick enough. Instead, I just used whipped light cream. My fiance and best friend said the pies were wonderful. Thanks for sharing and helping me to become a fantastic cook. Love this sight~
I will definitely be trying this for Thanksgiving! One question.. does it matter what kind of butter you use?
Just put m pie in the oven it was a bit thin but I think I put to much butter but oh well it tasted good in raw form.I added a pinch of lemon extract hope it comes out well its a taster before Thanksgiving anyway!
This weekend I’m making sweet potato pies and just decided to compare your recipe with mine. This is my exact recipe. It’s funny because I live in AR (yes, as southern as they get) and my grandma taught me to make this pie when I was 14 (now 26).
You’re so right about it too. I make at least 6 each time I cook it. My husband gives them to his employees and brags about my cooking. LOL. I also make them for funerals and other family gatherings.
Girl i been wanting a sweet potato pie for the longest!! thanks to you im making me one TODAY!!! Thanks!!!
Let me know how it turns out for ya!
Monique,
I can’t wait to try this recipe. I love sweet pototo pie as well as pecan pie. I bakery that I usually get my pies from also makes a “sweet potato pecan pie”, combining the two pies. If I wanted to attempt to make that how would you suggest altering the ingredients so it won’t be too rich, sweet etc.? Can’t wait til the holidays.
Thanks. Getting thicker and being loved more.
Baking the sweet potatoes makes it sweeter and easier to mash. I usually bake mine until they burst (about 1 1/2 hr depending on your oven…mine was 375). The skin comes right off and its so yummy. I also use sweet condensed milk versus both the sugars and it tastes yummy! Try it out Diva girl! Loves it and I love your blog!
Hello!
The Sweet Potato Pie was a real hit in my house this weekend. My family loved it and asking for more. The recipe was easy to follow and turns out as described.
Thank you!
Monica
Flint, MI
I must say I have used this recipe twice. Once for Thanksgiving again at Christmas and again tonight on New Year's Eve. My husband just can't get enough. I am not or should I say use to not be a big on cooking, but since finding your site my cooking has increased tremendously and everything is oh soo good. Had alot of critical cooks for Thanksgiving and they all loved everything (I used your recipes for everything I cooked). Great site and I had to share your site with my blog readers. Wonderful.
This was DELICIOUS!!! I followed the recipe to the letter and these came out better than any other I've ever tried. I did use frozen pie crust- time was short 🙂 – but the filling more than made up for my shortcut. Thanks!!! Can't wait to try the rest of your recipes!!
Can you make extra pies and then freeze them for later? Or would that alter the taste or texture? I have frozen sweet potatoe pies before after cooking them and when they unthaw they taste just as good as the first day, but never have I used a homemade crust before.
I'm in the works of trying the pie filling receipe now as I type this… will let yall know how it turns out!!
I tried this over the thanksgiving holiday and the recipe is simply delicious! Can't wait to test your other recipes out 🙂
I found this recipe on a Google search and I'm sooooooo happy I did. I've always been afraid that I would mess up sweet potato pie and so I never even tried to make one. But the two pies I made were DESTROYED on Thanksgiving. I'm planning on making a couple more today!! Thank you so much!
Thanks so much for sharing this girl! I made it for Thanksgiving and it was a BIG HIT. I really wished I had made 6 instead of 2, but to get a thumbs up and request for more from both my grandmother & best friend was the best part of all…it's their favorite. I will definitely refer you to others and most definitely be back for more.
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i made this pie today…and it was excellent..the only think i did differently was added a lil barcardi rum to it…and when i bake again i may add rum extract instead of vanilla..but this pie was good..my kids were licking the batter before i put it in the pie crust..I love this site..and i will be back again and again to try recipes..YES THIS DIVA CAN COOK!
I can't wait to try this over the holidays. Thanks for sharing!
can't wait for the cornbread dressing recipe. i'm definitely looking for a new good one for thanksgiving. and you are a SAINT for posting the girl scout caramel delite recipe!
You all are very welcomed!
Annonymous I know what you mean about the crust, which is why I love this crust recipe. I use it for all my sweet pies. It can take a beating and still turn out good.
I'm so tickled right now! I have been waiting for this one. I can never seem to get the crust right. Soooooo we'll see how this one turns out. Thanks so much for sharing!!!
gurl! YES! looks delic! Thanks so much for sharing.