Ethel's Sweet Potato Pie

Here is the recipe for Sweet Potato Pie. You can put what spices you want...but she did not put any spice. It is different from Pumpkin Pie. Serve it with cool whip! If your family, likes spice you can add the ones you like, but go lighter on spice than in pumpkin pie.

First boil the sweet potatoes in a pot covered with water. Don't even peel them. When a fork will stick in the potatoes they are ready. Probably boil 4 potatoes, small ones work just as well have pretty ones.

After you can stick a fork in the potatoes, take them from the boiling water and put them in a sink or large bowel of cold water. The outer peeling will slip off! Now you are ready for the pie. You do not have to wait until the potatoes are cold, but you can put them in the frig and fix the pie later.

In a mixing bowl (electric mixer)

put 2 cups of the potatoes and 3/4 cup of sugar and two eggs. Beat until all is mixed up. If you want spices add them to the sugar.

Now add--

I large can of Pet milk--Ethel used only Pet milk. Any will do.

1 T. vanilla

1 T. butter or margarine

Cook in unbaked pie shell at 450 degrees for 10 minutes, then lower the temp to 350 and cook 35 more minutes. Case knife will come out clean in the middle when it is done.

The pie looks bright orange like the picture I found. Stringy sweet potatoes make a stringy pie so I hope you have good ones. Larry bought me a bushel along the side of the road and they are bright orange and so good. Aunt Thelma told me once that sweet potatoes are one of the most nutritious vegetables you can eat!

I have Aunt Thelma's walnut cookie recipe if anyone wants it. They are a baked cookie and use cocoa, oatmeal and black walnuts. I bet you could use english walnuts. They call for a cup of lard!