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Sweet Potato Pie with Canned Yams

Make homemade Sweet Potato Pie with canned yams using this easy recipe. Saves time compared to boiling fresh potatoes. Uses canned sweet potato chunks or puree.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 8

Ingredients

  • 9 inch frozen pie crust do not thaw
  • 29 oz Canned sweet potatoes drained, these come in chunks with a water-based simple syrup
  • ¼ cup salted butter melted
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp white sugar
  • ½ cup evaporated milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Add the sweet potatoes to a food processor or blender with the remaining ingredients.
  • Mix until incorporated.
  • Pour the sweet potato pie filling into the crust.
  • Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes, or until you can poke a toothpick into the center and it comes out clean.
  • Allow to cool completely before cutting.

Notes

Using Unsweetened Sweet Potato Puree
You can substitute canned sweet potato puree in this sweet potato pie filling if you wish. But, there are some adjustments that you'll need to make like:
    • Use a 15 oz can of sweet potato puree instead
    • Adjust the white sweetener to 1/3 cup (but up to 1/2 cup, depending on how sweet you want your pie). You can use the tip below for how to sweeten a pie to taste.
How to Sweeten a Pie to Taste
Depending on the canned yams that you use (ex: some canned yams come unsweetened as a puree and others come with a syrup that includes corn syrup), your sweet potato pie with canned yams might need more or less sweetener.
If you want to adjust the amount of sugar and sweeten this to taste, you can add the eggs to the filling last.