World's Best Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients

• 3 large sweet potatoes
• 5 large eggs , beaten
• 1 cup butter , melted
• 1 can evaporated milk , 12 fluid ounce
• 1 cup white sugar , or to taste
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 0.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoons lemon juice
• 3 pies shells , 9-inch

Instructions

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

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

3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   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.