25 Delicious Ways to Make a Sweet Potato Pie
- Kim Williamson
- Dec 26, 2024
- 8 min read
Sweet potato pie is a quintessential dessert that brings warmth and comfort to any gathering. Whether enjoyed during Thanksgiving dinner or simply as a delightful treat, this pie offers a unique twist on traditional flavors. Made with creamy sweet potatoes, aromatic spices, and a flaky crust, it has captured the hearts of many. In this blog post, we’ll explore 25 delectable ways to make a sweet potato pie that will impress your family and friends. Each method presents distinct flavors and textures, ensuring there's a recipe for everyone to enjoy!
1. Classic Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
3 eggs
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
In a mixing bowl, combine mashed sweet potatoes, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
Beat in the eggs until fully incorporated.
Pour the mixture into the unbaked pie crust.
Bake for 55-60 minutes or until the filling is set.

2. Brown Sugar Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
3 eggs
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
Mix the mashed sweet potatoes with brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and ginger in a bowl.
Add the eggs and whisk until combined.
Pour the mixture into the unbaked pie crust and smooth the top.
Bake for 55 minutes or until the filling is firm to the touch.

3. Maple Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
¾ cup maple syrup
1/2 cup heavy cream
3 eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
In a bowl, combine the sweet potatoes, maple syrup, heavy cream, cinnamon, and eggs. Mix well.
Pour the mixture into the prepared pie crust.
Bake for 50-55 minutes or until the filling is set.

4. Vegan Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
¾ cup coconut milk
¾ cup brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 unbaked vegan pie crust
Steps:
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
In a mixing bowl, blend the sweet potatoes with coconut milk, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Pour the filling into the vegan pie crust.
Bake for about 50 minutes or until set.

5. Sweet Potato Cheesecake Pie
Ingredients:
1 cup sweet potato puree
8 oz cream cheese (softened)
¾ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
In a bowl, mix the sweet potato puree with cream cheese, sugar, and eggs until smooth.
Add vanilla extract for flavor.
Pour the mixture into the pie crust and bake for 45-50 minutes.

6. Spiced Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp allspice
½ tsp cinnamon
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Blend the sweet potatoes with sugar, eggs, vanilla, allspice, and cinnamon.
Pour the spiced mixture into the pie crust.
Bake for 55-60 minutes or until set.

7. Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan Topping
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
¾ cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
In a bowl, mix the sweet potatoes, sugar, eggs, and vanilla until well combined.
Pour the filling into the pie crust and top with chopped pecans.
Bake for 45-50 minutes.

8. Sweet Potato and Coconut Cream Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup coconut cream
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Combine sweet potatoes with coconut cream, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a mixing bowl.
Pour into the pie crust and smooth the filling.
Bake for 50-55 minutes or until the center is firm.

9. Chocolate Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups sweet potato puree
1 cup sugar
½ cup cocoa powder
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Mix sweet potato puree with sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, and vanilla until smooth.
Pour mixture into the pie crust and spread evenly.
Bake for 45-50 minutes or until set.

10. Sweet Potato Pie with Bourbon
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
¼ cup bourbon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Blend sweet potatoes with brown sugar, eggs, bourbon, and vanilla in a mixing bowl.
Pour into the pie crust.
Bake for 55-60 minutes until filling is set.

11. Pumpkin-Sweet Potato Pie Blend
Ingredients:
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 cup sweet potato puree
¾ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Mix pumpkin and sweet potato purees with sugar, eggs, and cinnamon in a bowl.
Pour the mixture into the pie crust.
Bake for 50-55 minutes or until set.

12. Sweet Potato Tie-Dye Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups sweet potato puree
1 cup cream cheese
¾ cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Divide the sweet potato puree in half, mix one half with cream cheese and the other with sugar and vanilla.
Swirl the two mixtures in the pie crust to create a tie-dye effect.
Bake for 50-55 minutes.

13. Almond Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup sugar
½ cup almond milk
3 eggs
1 tsp almond extract
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
In a mixing bowl, combine sweet potatoes, sugar, almond milk, eggs, and almond extract.
Pour the mixture into the pie crust.
Bake for 50 minutes or until set.

14. Gingerbread Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
In a bowl, combine sweet potatoes, sugar, eggs, ginger, and cinnamon.
Pour the mixture into the prepared pie crust.
Bake for 50-55 minutes until set.

15. Sweet Potato Meringue Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups sweet potato puree
1 cup sugar
3 eggs (separated)
½ cup milk
1 unbaked pie crust
1 tsp vanilla extract
Steps:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Beat the egg yolks and mix with sweet potato puree, sugar, milk, and vanilla.
Pour into the pie crust.
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, and spread over the top.
Bake for an additional 10-15 minutes or until the meringue is golden.

16. No-Bake Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups sweet potato puree
1 cup whipped cream
¾ cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pre-made graham cracker crust
Steps:
In a bowl, blend sweet potato puree with sugar and vanilla.
Fold in whipped cream until smooth.
Pour the mixture into the graham cracker crust and refrigerate for 4 hours.

17. Sweet Potato Pie with Nut Crust
Ingredients:
2 cups sweet potato puree
¾ cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ cup finely chopped nuts for the crust
Steps:
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Mix nuts with melted butter and press into the bottom of the pie dish to form a crust.
Combine sweet potato puree, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
Pour into the nut crust and bake for 50-55 minutes.

18. Sweet Potato Pie with Cream Cheese Swirl
Ingredients:
2 cups sweet potato puree
8 oz cream cheese
¾ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Blend sweet potato puree with sugar and eggs in a bowl.
Pour half into the pie crust. Swirl softened cream cheese into the filling, then top with remaining sweet potato mixture.
Bake for 50-55 minutes.

19. Sweet Potato Quinoa Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups cooked quinoa
2 cups sweet potato puree
¾ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
In a bowl, combine cooked quinoa, sweet potato puree, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
Pour into the pie crust and smooth out the top.
Bake for 50-55 minutes until set.

20. Sweet Potato and Cinnamon Roll Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups sweet potato puree
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
Cinnamon rolls for crust
Steps:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Flatten cinnamon roll dough and press into the bottom of a pie dish to form a crust.
Mix sweet potato puree with sugar, eggs, and cinnamon.
Pour into the crust and bake for 45-50 minutes.

21. Sweet Potato Pie with Caramel Drizzle
Ingredients:
2 cups sweet potato puree
1 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
1 unbaked pie crust
Caramel sauce for drizzling
Steps:
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Combine sweet potato puree, brown sugar, and eggs in a mixing bowl.
Pour into the pie crust and smooth the top.
Bake for 50-55 minutes.
Drizzle with caramel sauce before serving.

22. Sweet Potato Pie with Ginger Snap Crust
Ingredients:
2 cups sweet potato puree
¾ cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup crushed ginger snap cookies for crust
Steps:
Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
Combine crushed ginger snaps with melted butter to form the crust.
Mix sweet potato puree with sugar and eggs. Pour into the crust.
Bake for 50-55 minutes until set.

23. Tropical Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
¾ cup sugar
1/2 cup crushed pineapple (drained)
2 eggs
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Combine sweet potatoes, sugar, crushed pineapple, and eggs in a bowl.
Pour into the pie crust and smooth out the top.
Bake for 50-55 minutes or until filling is set.

24. Sweet Potato Pie with A Hint of Mint
Ingredients:
2 cups sweet potato puree
¾ cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup finely chopped mint
Steps:
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Combine sweet potato puree, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and mint in a bowl.
Pour into the pie crust.
Bake for 50-55 minutes until filling is set.

25. Sweet Potato and Apple Pie
Ingredients:
1 cup sweet potato puree
1 cup apple puree
¾ cup sugar
3 eggs
1 unbaked pie crust
Steps:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Combine sweet potato puree, apple puree, sugar, and eggs in a mixing bowl.
Pour the mixture into the pie crust and spread evenly.
Bake for 50-55 minutes until set.

In conclusion, sweet potato pie is an incredibly versatile dessert, ranging from classic recipes to innovative variations that delight the palate. Whichever method you choose, these recipes showcase the incredible flavors and textures that sweet potatoes bring to the table. It’s the perfect dessert for any occasion, and these 25 recipes will inspire you to experiment with flavors and bring a delightful twist to your next gathering. Enjoy your baking and savor every delightful slice of sweet potato pie!
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