Sweet potato pie

Sweet potato pie
	A slice of sweet potato pie
Type	Pie
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	United States
Region or state	Southern United States
Main ingredients	Pie shell, sweet potatoes, milk, sugar, eggs, spices
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Sweet potato pie is a traditional dessert, originating in the Southern United States. It is often served during the American holiday season, especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas in place of pumpkin pie, which is more traditional in other regions of the United States.

It is made in an open pie shell without a top crust. The filling consists of mashed sweet potatoes; evaporated milk; sugar; spices such as cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg; and eggs.^[1] The baked custard filling may vary from light and silky to dense, depending on the recipe's ratio of sweet potato, milk and eggs.

History

Though creamy vegetable pie recipes date back to Medieval Europe, sweet potato pie appears in the southern United States from the early colonial days.^[2] The use of sweet potatoes in Southern and African-American cuisine traces back to Native American cuisine. The sweet potato, which is native to the Americas, was likely used by enslaved Africans as an alternative to the yam found in their homeland. Sweet potato pie applies European pie making customs to the preparation of sweet potatoes.^[3] Recipes for sweet potato pie first appeared in printed cookbooks in the 18th century, where it was included with savory vegetable dishes. By the 19th century, sweet potato pie was more commonly classified as a dessert.^[2]

One variation is the Hawaiian sweet potato haupia pie.

References

^ McKinley, Janie Mae Jones (October 24, 2021). "Back in the Day: Sweet potato – the 'only' pie worth eating". Hendersonville Times-News. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Olver, Lynne (1999). "Sweet Potato Pie". The Food Timeline.
^ Neal, Bill (1996). Biscuits, Spoonbread, and Sweet Potato Pie. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0807854747.

[McKinley_2021-1] McKinley, Janie Mae Jones (October 24, 2021). "Back in the Day: Sweet potato – the 'only' pie worth eating". Hendersonville Times-News. Retrieved April 4, 2022.

[foodtimeline-2] Olver, Lynne (1999). "Sweet Potato Pie". The Food Timeline.

[3] Neal, Bill (1996). Biscuits, Spoonbread, and Sweet Potato Pie. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0807854747.

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