Ingredients

  • 1 (1 pound) sweet potato, with skin
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ½ cup milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
Directions
  1. Place whole sweet potato in pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Boil until tender when pierced with a fork, 40 to 50 minutes.

  2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  3. Remove sweet potato from the pot and run under cold water. Remove and discard skin.

  4. Break sweet potato flesh apart and place in a bowl. Add butter and mix with an electric mixer until well combined.

  5. Add sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla; beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth.

  6. Pour filling into unbaked pie crust.

    Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes.

  7. Remove from the oven and let cool before serving.