Sweetest Southern Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients

• 2 sweets potatoes
• 2 cups white sugar
• 0.75 cups evaporated milk
• 0.5 cups unsalted butter , melted
• 0.25 cups dark corn syrup
• 2 eggs , lightly beaten
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
• 0.25 teaspoons salt
• 1 unbaked deep-dish pie crust , 9 inch

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking dish with aluminum foil.

2. 2

   Place sweet potatoes in the prepared baking dish. Bake in the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork and skins loosen, 30 to 45 minutes. Cool potatoes, then peel and discard skins. Transfer potato flesh to a bowl.

3. 3

   Mash potatoes with a potato masher. Beat in sugar, evaporated milk, butter, corn syrup, eggs, flour, vanilla extract, apple pie spice, and salt with an electric mixer until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Pour sweet potato batter into pie crust. Excess batter can be reserved for another use.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until pie is set and crust is browned, 45 to 50 minutes.