Healthy Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

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Here’s a healthy sweet potato pie recipe, great for dessert and perfect for holiday dinners. It’a a mock southern style sweet potato pie recipe, but there’s nothing fake about the flavor in this heart healthy treat.

Yield: 16 servings

Serving size: 1 slice

Ingredients

For the Crust

• 1¼ cup flour
• ¼ tsp sugar
• ⅓ cup skim milk or soy milk
• 2 Tbsp vegetable oil

For the Filling

• 1/4 cup white sugar
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp nutmeg
• 3 large eggs, beaten or egg substitute
• ¼ cup canned evaporated skim milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups sweet potatoes, cooked, mashed

Preperation

1. Preheat oven to 350° (Fahrenheit).

To Prepare Crust

1. Combine flour and sugar in bowl.
2. Add milk and oil to flour mixture.
3. Stir with fork until well mixed. Then form pastry into smooth ball with your hands.
4. Roll ball between two, 12-inch squares of waxed paper, using short, brisk strokes, until pastry reaches edge of paper.
5. Peel off top paper and invert crust into 9-inch pie plate.

To Prepare Filling

1. Combine sugars, salt, nutmeg, and eggs.
2. Add milk and vanilla. Stir.
3. Add sweet potatoes and mix well.

Putting It Together

1. Pour mixture into pie shell.
2. Bake for 60 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
3. Cool and cut into 16 slices.

Nutritional Information

• Calories: 147
• Total fat: 3 g
• Saturated fat: 1 g
• Cholesterol: 40 mg
• Sodium: 98 mg
• Total fiber: 2 g
• Protein: 4 g
• Carbohydrates: 27 g
• Potassium: 293 mg