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southern sweet potatoe pie

Southern Brown Butter Sweet Potato Pie

Patricia Valbrun
Southern Brown Butter Sweet Potato Pie is a Southern Classic pie with brown butter, cinnamon, nutemg, vanilla and all your favorite spices to make this dish so creamy and delicious.
4.62 from 26 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine southern
Servings 6 people
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Pie Crust
  • 2 cups sweet potato
  • ½ cup unsalted butter 1 stick
  • 1-2 tablespoon apricot preserves
  • 1 ½ tablespoon all purpose flour
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ½ cup evaporated milk
  • 2 tablespoon orange juice
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • pinch cloves
  • salt dash

Instructions
 

  • Wash and scrub the sweet potatoes, hand dry with paper towel and poke holes around the potatoes with a fork.
  • Add the sweet potatoes on a baking tray and Baked on 425F for 45-1 hour.
  • While sweet potatoes are cooking. In a small pot, add butter and brown the butter on low high heat. It should take about 5 minutes.
  • Once the sweet potatoes are done, allow them to cool. After that, remove the skin and put the sweet potatoes inside a large bowl.
  • Using an electric mixer, mix the sweet potatoes to remove any lumps or string. Then, add browned butter, brown sugar, white sugar, evaporated milk, 2 eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, vanilla, pumpkin spice, orange juice and blend all together. Add flour and salt mix one more time.
  • Coat the pie crust with apricot preserves all over then add in the sweet potato filling- making sure to not overfill.
  • Bake on 350F for 55 minutes allow to cool and set for 20 minutes, enjoy.

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