My brother loved this pie so much that he learned to make it.
Ingredients
- sweet potatoes: 2 cups (mashed)
- butter: 0.25 pound (softened)
- eggs, separated: 2 piece
- packed brown sugar: 1 cup
- salt: 0.25 tsp
- ground ginger: 0.5 tsp
- ground cinnamon: 0.5 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 0.5 tsp
- evaporated milk: 0.5 cup
- white sugar: 0.25 cup
- unbaked pie crust: 1 piece (9 inch)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
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In a mixing bowl, combine the sweet potatoes, butter, egg yolks, brown sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and evaporated milk. Mix together well.
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Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; add 1/4 cup sugar and fold into sweet potato mixture.
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Pour into pie shell and bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 10 minutes. Reduce heat and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until firm.
