Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

Ingredients

Crust

• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into tablespoons
• 4 – 6 tablespoons ice cold water

Filling

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cups canned mashed sweet potatoes, unsweetened, well-drained
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
• Pinch of salt
• ½ cup marshmallow cream
• 1 ½ – 2 cups miniature marshmallows

Directions

Crust

• In food processor, pulse the flour and sugar together several times until well combined.
• Add the butter 1 tablespoon at a time, pulsing after each addition, until the crust resembles coarse crumbs.
• While the food processor is on, drizzle the ice water down the feed tube, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough forms a ball.
• Remove the dough from the bowl and flatten it into a disk.
• Wrap disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Roll the dough out, on a lightly floured surface, to fit a 9 inch pie pan with an 1 ½ inch overhang. 
• Transfer the dough to the pie plate folding the overhang back over the dough, trim and crimp the edges. 
• Cover the shell with aluminum foil and line the foil with pie weights.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Remove the foil and weights.
• Bake for 5 more minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• Cool on a wire rack.

Filling

• Using electric mixer on medium speed, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add the mashed sweet potatoes, eggs, and milk. 
• Beat until well combined.
• Add vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt.
• Blend well.
• Place the marshmallow cream in microwave-proof bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
• Microwave the marshmallow cream in 15 second intervals until soft.
• Spread the cream over the crust.
• Pour the filling into the crust and bake for 45 minutes.
• Remove from oven and spread marshmallows over the top.
• Return pie to oven and bake until topping is golden brown and knife inserted in middle comes out clean, about 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• Let cool for at least 30 minutes on wire rack.

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