The Best Sweet Potato Pie
This pie has such a rich sweet potato flavor with an irresistibly buttery, flaky crust. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
Prep: 11/2 hours + chilling Bake: 35 min. + cooling Makes: 8 servings
CRUST:
1 large egg yolk 1/4 to 1/2 cup ice water, divided
21/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup cold shortening, cubed 1/2 cup cold butter, cubed
FILLING:
21/2 lbs. sweet potatoes
2/3 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup sour cream
3 large eggs,
lightly beaten
1/3 cup butter, melted 1 Tbsp. bourbon
2 tsp. vanilla extract
11/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
Optional toppings: Whipped cream and sugared cranberries
1. In a bowl, mix egg yolk with 1/4 cup ice water; set aside. Place flour, sugar and salt in a food processor; pulse until blended. Add shortening and butter; pulse until shortening and butter are the size of peas. While pulsing, add egg yolk mixture. Add just enough of the remaining ice water to form moist crumbs. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap in waxed paper. Refrigerate 1 hour or overnight.
2. Preheat the oven to 400°. Scrub sweet potatoes; place in a 13x9-in. baking pan with 11/2 cups water. Bake until tender, 45-50 minutes. Meanwhile, on a lightly floured surface, roll 1 disk of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Roll remaining disk to 1/8-in. thickness; cut into desired shapes with floured 1-in. cookie cutters. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Refrigerate crust and cutouts at least 30 minutes.
3. Peel potatoes when they are cool enough to handle; place in a food processor. Pulse to coarsely mash.
Add brown sugar and the next 8 ingredients; blend until smooth. Pour filling into chilled crust. Bake on lowest oven rack 15 minutes. Reduce oven setting to 350°; bake until the center is just set, 20-25 minutes. Bake cutouts on an upper oven rack until golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack; decorate pie with cutouts and toppings as desired.
1 PIECE 726 cal., 37g fat (18g sat. fat), 147mg chol., 500mg sod., 88g carb. (38g sugars, 6g fiber), 10g pro.