Sweet Potato Pie For One

Sweet Potato Pie For One – This popular Southern dessert starts with a buttery graham cracker crust and is filled with perfectly spiced sweet potato custard. Top this tasty pie with a spoonful of maple whipped cream and you’ve got an amazing single serving dessert.

In keeping with our Thanksgiving For One theme, today I’m bringing you an ultra creamy Sweet Potato Pie.  I seem to be on some kind of a pie-making kick these days. With the holidays right around the corner, I’ve been in such a pie-baking mood.  I’m just having too much fun transforming our family’s favorite holiday recipes and desserts into single serving portions.

Although the traditional Pumpkin Pie will always have a special place in my heart for Thanksgiving, I think there’s also room for sweet potato pie.

Sweet Potato Pie For One - This popular Southern dessert starts with a buttery graham cracker crust and is filled with perfectly spiced sweet potato custard. Top this tasty pie with a spoonful of maple whipped cream and you've got an amazing single serving dessert.

Ingredients

CRUST

• 1/2 cup crushed graham cracker crumbs (about 4 large sheets)
• 3 tablespoons butter , melted
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

FILLING

• 1 cup cooked and mashed sweet potato (small or 1/2 of a medium-sized )*See notes
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 heavy cream
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

MAPLE WHIPPED CREAM

• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup

Instructions

1. TO MAKE THE GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
3. Place the sheets of graham crackers in a zip top bag and roll with a rolling pin or heavy can to crush.
4. Pour crumbs into a small bowl and stir in melted butter, sugar and cinnamon.
5. Spoon crumbs into a lightly greased 5-inch baking dish and press the mixture into the bottom of the pan. Use the back of a spoon or the bottom of a flat measuring cup to press the crumbs down.
6. Bake the crust for 7-8 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
7. TO MAKE THE FILLING
8. In a bowl, whisk together the mashed sweet potatoes, egg, sugar, cream, vanilla, nutmeg, cloves, ginger and salt. Pour into baking dish.
9. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes or until the filling has set.
10. Remove from oven and allow to cool at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
11. TO MAKE THE MAPLE WHIPPED CREAM
12. Pour the cream into a small bowl. Add the maple syrup to the cream and beat with an electric mixer or a wire whisk until stiff peaks form.
13. Top sweet potato pie with the whipped cream.

Recipe Notes

TO COOK A SWEET POTATO

Scrub sweet potato thoroughly with a brush. Set aside.

Place the sweet potato in a pot and add just enough water to cover the sweet potato. Add a pinch of salt. Using medium-high heat, bring to a boil.

Cover the pot with the lid and cook sweet potato for 10 minutes or until tender on the outside. 

Place a colander in the sink and carefully remove the sweet potato from the pot by pouring the sweet potato into a colander and draining off the water. Run cold water over the sweet potato to cool it before using.

Recipe Source:onedishkitchen.com