Recipe: Tasty East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie

East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie. East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie Late September and Mid October are the season for sweet potatoes and pecans here in East Texas. This pie does the season justice. East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie.

Great recipe for East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie. Late September and Mid October are the season for sweet potatoes and pecans here in East Texas. This pie does the season justice. You can have East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie

1. You need 1 of preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Prepare 1 of frozen 9" deep dish prepared pie shell.
3. It's 2 cup of mashed sweet potato @ room temperature (about 2-3 medium size).
4. It's 1/4 cup of melted unsalted butter.
5. It's 2 of large eggs.
6. You need 1/3 cup of roughly chopped toasted pecan pieces.
7. It's 1/2 cup of granulated sugar.
8. It's 1/2 cup of dark brown sugar.
9. It's 2 tbsp of all purpose flour.
10. You need 3/4 cup of half n half cream.
11. Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
12. Prepare 3/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
13. It's 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg.
14. You need 1/2 tsp of table salt.

Serve the pie with whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream—whatever strikes your fancy! Add cream and vanilla, stirring until combined. Stir in pecans and salt; bring to a boil. East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie.

East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie instructions

1. Toast pecan pieces in a pan over medium heat, until you can smell them. Roughly 3-5 minutes. Set aside..
2. Cream mashed sweet potato, melted butter and eggs together until very smooth. I use a stand mixer..
3. Add all remaining ingredients including toasted chopped pecans and blend together until mixture is very smooth..
4. Pour into frozen pie shell and bake at 350" for approximately 50-60 minutes until pie custard is set. Pie will be done when a wooden toothpick comes out clean when inserted..
5. You can boil your sweet potatoes or even use canned. I prefer fresh baked sweet potatoes. I like to serve this pie well chilled and keep it stored in the refrigerator. Garnish with whipped cream and toasted pecan pieces. Enjoy!!.

Here is how you achieve that. East Texas Pecan Sweet Potato Pie. Here is how you cook that. For this luscious pie's filling, sweet potatoes are mashed and combined with egg, sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and cream. Pecans are combined with brown sugar and butter to make a rich caramelized topping that's spooned onto the cooked pie before it's slipped under the broiler for a moment or two.