Mom's Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients

• 1 pastry for a 9-inch double crust pie
• 4 cups peeled chopped sweet potatoes
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 0.33 cups milk
• 0.25 cups margarine
• 0.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 0.5 teaspoons lemon extract
• 0.33 teaspoons ground cloves
• 0.25 teaspoons ground allspice

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Press the pie pastries into two 9-inch pie dishes.

2. 2

   Place sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain potatoes and let cool.

3. 3

   Beat potatoes, sugar, eggs, milk, margarine, vanilla extract, lemon extract, cloves, and allspice together in a bowl until smooth; pour into the prepared crusts.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until pies are set in the middle, 40 to 60 minutes.