🥧🍠 Best Sweet Potato Pie Recipe
Smooth, creamy, warmly spiced, and perfectly sweet—this classic sweet potato pie has a silky filling and flaky crust that tastes even better the next day.
🧾 Ingredients
🥧 Pie crust
- 1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust (homemade or store-bought)
🍠 Filling
- 2 cups mashed sweet potato (about 2 medium-large sweet potatoes)
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk (or regular milk/cream)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ginger (optional)
- Pinch of salt
👩🍳 Instructions
1. 🍠 Prepare sweet potatoes
- Bake or boil sweet potatoes until very soft
- Peel and mash until smooth
👉 Baking gives deeper flavor than boiling.
2. 🥣 Make filling
In a large bowl, mix:
- mashed sweet potatoes
- melted butter
- sugars
- eggs
- milk
- vanilla
- spices
- salt
Whisk until creamy and smooth.
3. 🥧 Fill crust
- Pour filling into pie crust
- Smooth the top gently
4. 🔥 Bake
- Bake at 175°C (350°F) for 50–60 minutes
- Center should be mostly set with a slight jiggle
5. ❄️ Cool
- Let cool completely before slicing
- Chill for cleaner slices and richer flavor
🍦 Optional toppings
- Whipped cream
- Cinnamon sprinkle
- Toasted pecans
- Caramel drizzle
💡 Tips for the best sweet potato pie
- Roast sweet potatoes instead of boiling for better sweetness
- Don’t overmix once eggs are added
- A pinch of nutmeg makes a big difference
- Let pie rest before cutting
🧠 Sweet potato pie vs pumpkin pie
Sweet potato pie is usually:
- Richer
- Naturally sweeter
- Slightly denser and creamier
If you want, I can also give you:
- 🥧 Southern-style version
- 🍁 Maple pecan sweet potato pie
- 🥛 Dairy-free version
- 💪 Healthier lower-sugar recipe
