Sweet Potato Pie

Recipe posted to Twitter on Thanksgiving day 2023 by Michele Norris who states, “Y’all ready for my mother’s fool proof, knock-em-dead, make-folks-swoon sweet potato pie 🥧 recipe??? I post it every year and today is the day!!!!!! My mother Betty is an old school cook. She keeps things simple and mainly cooks by memory but thankfully she still would write out her recipes on little cards that we now cherish like precious jewels.”

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Sweet Potato Pie

  • Total time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
  • Servings: 2 Pies

Ingredients

  • 2 Yams (boiled and mashed)
  • 1 Stick Melted Butter
  • 3 Eggs (beaten)
  • 1 Can Condensed Milk
  • 3/4 Cups Sugar
  • 3/4 Cups Brown Sugar
  • A Dash of Cinnamon
  • A Dash of Nutmeg
  • 1 Capful of Vanilla Flavoring
  • A Couple Swigs of Jack Daniels
  • 2 Pie Crusts

Directions

  • 1)

    Preheat oven to 425°F.

  • 2)

    Mix all ingredients well with a beater.

  • 3)

    Pour mixed ingredients into pie crusts (will be enough for 2 non-deep dish pies).

  • 4)

    Bake at 425°F for 15 minutes and then 350°F for 45 minutes.

  • 5)

    Pies will be done when a knife comes out clean. Enjoy!