Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan Topping


Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan Topping

Have you ever had sweet potato pie? It’s the Landcruiser of holiday pies. Heavy, dense, feeds many. Similar in some respects to a pumpkin pie, but whereas pumpkin pie is all about the spices, sweet potato pie is all about the sweet potato.

You can actually taste the wonderful flavor of sweet potato in this pie, which is only enhanced, not supplanted by the additions of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and vanilla.

Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan Topping

We’ve also added a splash of bourbon to the filling (of course, right?). You can skip the bourbon if you want, but if you have some bourbon in the house, by all means use it.

This recipe is revised and updated from one we originally posted in 2006. That recipe we adapted from Martha Stewart. We’ve changed everything except the pecan topping, which is crazy good. I’ve adjusted the pecan topping instructions a bit from the original. I find that as soon as the pecans are coated with the brown sugar caramel sauce they need to be poured over the pie, no waiting or they will seize.


Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan Topping Recipe

We've given directions for making a homemade crust with a food processor. If you want, you can use a pre-made frozen crust. Look for a deep dish one. If you use a shallow frozen crust, you may have enough filling for two pies. In that case you may need to reduce the cooking time.

Ingredients

Pie Crust:

  • 1 1/4 cups (160g) all purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt (skip the salt if using salted butter)
  • 10 Tbsp (140g) cold butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 3 Tbsp ice water

Pie Filling:

  • 2 eggs
  • 2 pounds (900g) sweet potatoes (about 2 medium sized sweet potatoes)
  • 3 Tbsp melted butter
  • 1/4 cup (55g) brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp granulated white sugar (can reduce to 1 Tbsp if you want less sugar)
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 Tbsp bourbon whisky (optional)
  • 7 ounces (210ml) sweetened condensed milk

Pie Topping

  • 3 Tbsp butter
  • 1/2 cup (64g) brown sugar
  • 1 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
  • 1 cup pecans (110g), half of them roughly chopped, the other half whole


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