Subject: RECIPE: Sweet potato pie
From: [email-masked] (Susan Liebeskind)
Date: 19 Dec 86 02:49:44 GMT
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.RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE SWEEPTO-PIE D "19 Nov 86" 1986
.RZ "SWEET POTATO PIE" "A very simple holiday sweet potato pie"
This is an extremely simple and extremely good pie recipe.  You can even cheat
and use store-bought pie crusts, in which case the whole thing takes
about 5 minutes to put together. 
.IH "Serves 3\-8"
.IG "1\(12 lb" "sweet potatoes" "700 g"
.IG "1 cup" "granulated sugar" "200 g"
.IG "12 Tbsp" "unsalted butter" "180 g"
(or use corn-oil margarine)
.IG "2" "eggs"
.IG "1 tsp" "vanilla" "5 ml"
.IG "\(12 tsp" "nutmeg" "2.5 ml"
.IG "1" "pie crust,"
unbaked
.PH
.SK 1
Boil potatoes until tender (20\-30 minutes).  Drain and peel.
.SK 2
In a blender, put the potatoes, sugar and butter.
Mix up a little, then add eggs, vanilla and nutmeg.
.SK 3
Blend ingredients together well, until mixture is very smooth.
.SK 4
Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake at
.TE 375 190
for 45\-55 minutes until filling is set. 
.NX
If you don't want to make your own pie shell, I find that the Pet Ritz
factory pie shells work well.
.SH RATING
.I Difficulty:
easy.
.I Time:
30 minutes preparation, 1 hour baking.
.I Precision:
approximate measurement OK.
.WR
Susan Liebeskind
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
[email-masked]