World's Best Sweet Potato Pie

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Prep

22 min

Cook

70 min

Total

92 min

Ingredients (11)

3 large sweet potatoes g

5 large eggs, beaten g

1 cup butter, melted g

1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk g

1 cup white sugar, or to taste g

1 tablespoon all-purpose flour g

1 teaspoon vanilla extract g

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg g

½ teaspoon baking powder g

½ teaspoon lemon juice g

3 (9-inch) pie shells, thawed g

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Instructions

Place sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 40 to 50 minutes. Drain water; peel and mash sweet potatoes in a large bowl until smooth.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

Mix together beaten eggs and melted butter in a medium bowl until well combined; stir into mashed sweet potatoes. Mix in milk, sugar, flour, vanilla, nutmeg, baking powder, and lemon juice until smooth; pour mixture evenly into pie shells.

Bake pies in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Decrease oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the center of a pie comes out clean, about 40 minutes more. Cool pies for 15 to 30 minutes before refrigerating to cool completely, 1 to 2 hours.