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- From: "Shanks, Mira L." <MLM6@NCH08A.EM.CDC.GOV>
- Subject: Sweet Potato Pie
- Message-ID: <2D28F0E6@router.em.cdc.gov>
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- Date: Tue, 04 Jan 94 08:27:00 EST
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- >From the Fatfree list.
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- Sweet Potato Pie - VLF
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- 2 cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes
- 5 egg whites, slightly beaten
- 1 cup brown sugar (granulated)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup evaporated skim milk
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- Phyllo Pie Crust
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- 4 tsp. sugar (optional)
- 1 box Phyllo dough
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- Optional Topping
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- 1 cup chopped roasted chestnuts (optional)
- Cinnamon
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- Preheat oven to 425. Lightly spray 2 pie pans with nonstick cooking spray.
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- FILLING:
- I used a pressure cooker to cook the sweet potatoes until very soft and not
- stringy.
- Mash very well. (I used a regular mixer)
- Combine sugar, spices in a little bowl. Last add vanilla with the spices and
- then mix into the potatoes.
- Now , beat your egg whites and mix it in with the potato mixture.
- Slowly mix in your evaporated skim milk and set aside.
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- CRUST
- I took out the entire stack of phyllo sheets from the box. Turned my pie
- pans over and cut the entire stack to the appx. circumference of the pan so
- I had a stack of circular dough.
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- Quickly, (dough dries out very fast and sticks together) layer 1 or 2 sheets
- of phyllo on each of the pans, spray very LIGHTLY with non-stick cooking
- spray and sprinkle with sugar and repeat until crust is the thickness you
- desire. (For 2 pies I used all the phyllo dough in the box)
- I moistened my fingers to seal the edge of the crust and crimp as with a
- "normal" crust.
- Cover edges of crust loosely with foil.
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- Pour filling into the phyllo crust. Sprinkle chopped chestnuts and
- cinnamon on top if desired.
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- Bake for 15 minutes at 425. Reduce temperature to 350 and bake for about 30
- minutes more.
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- P.S. This recipe resulted from converting Mama Naples Sweet Potato Pie
- Recipe using the recipe makeover techniques from Shape
- Magazine's VLF Pumpkin Pie recipe from 1993 November issue.
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