Sweet Potato Pie Recipe
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- 1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes
- 1 (9 inch) unbaked pastry shell
- GLAZE:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 1/4 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
- 2 tablespoons evaporated milk
- 1/4 cup pecan halves
- In a bowl, combine sugar, flour, milk, egg and vanilla. Stir in the sweet potatoes. Pour into pastry shell.
- For glaze, combine the sugar, flour, butter and milk; drizzle over sweet potato mixture. Garnish with pecans. Cover edges of pastry loosely with foil.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Remove foil; bake 15 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.