sweet potato pie...

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Mary McLeod Bethune's Sweet Potato Pie

Filling
9 med sweet potatoes or yams (app. 4 lbs.)
1c (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1/2c granulated sugar
1/2c firmly packed brown sugar
1/2tsp salt
1/4tsp nutmeg
3 eggs, well beaten
2c milk
1 Tbsp vanilla

Crust
3 unbaked 9-in Classic Crisco Single Crusts

1. For filling, boil sweet potatoes until tender. Peel and mash.

2. Heat oven to 350

3. Combine butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt and nutmeg in a lg bowl. Beat at med speed of electric mixer until creamy. Beat in sweet potatoes, until well mixed. Beat in eggs. Beat in milk and vanilla slowly. Spoon into 3 unbaked pie shells, using about 4 cups filling per shell.

4. Bake at 350 for 50-60 min. or until set. Cool to room temp before serving. Store in refrigerator.

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i have been making this recipe for YEARS...and think it is delish!!! 

i bake my sweet potatoes instead of boiling them, and i use frozen pie crusts.  i also use splenda blend white and brown sugar...and added a tbsp of spiced rum with the vanilla this year.