Hattie Nixon’s Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients 

• 2 med. sweet potatoes (baked or boiled, cut unto 1" cubes)
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 c Heavy Cream
• dash salt
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 tsp baking powder

Method

1. Cook the sweet potatoes. Mash hot with a larger lump of butter.
2. Add sugar, salt, and beat in whole eggs (one at a time). Add cream, spices, and baking powder.
3. Bake in pie shell at 425 for 45 min or till done. 

Source: Hattie Nixon
Note: 425 degrees for 45-min, is usually too long. Bake in the preheated 425 degree oven for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking until a knife inserted 1 inch from the crust comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Joe K. Moody likes to add 1/2 c of finely chopped pecans.