This sweet potato pie is worth the extra time it takes to make, with the delicious streusel topping and the gingersnap crust.
Harvest Pie
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 6 hr 50 min
- Ingredients 23
- Servings 8
Ingredients
Sweet Potato Filling
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 tablespoons dark molasses
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup whipping cream
Cranberry-Pecan Streusel
- 1/3 cup sweetened dried cranberries
- 1/3 cup hot water
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3/4 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
Crust
- 1 crust from 1 box (14.1 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Pie Crusts (2 Count), softened as directed on box
- 1 cup crushed gingersnaps (about 20)
- 1/2 cup pecans, coarsely ground
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. Wash and pierce sweet potatoes. Place on rimmed baking sheet. Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Cut lengthwise in half; scoop out inside; discard skins. Mash sweet potatoes until no lumps remain.
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Step2Combine dried cranberries and hot water. Set aside until ready to put into the streusel.
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Step3Turn oven temperature down to 350°F.
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Step4Unroll and place crust into ungreased deep-dish 9-inch glass pie plate. Crimp edges. Combine remaining crust ingredients. Press in bottom and about 1/2 inch up side of pie crust. Bake 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely on cooling rack, about 30 minutes.
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Step5Beat all filling ingredients except molasses, eggs, cream and sweet potatoes together in large bowl with whisk. Beat in 1 1/2 cups mashed sweet potatoes, molasses and eggs. Beat in cream. Pour mixture into cooled crust. Place pie on middle oven rack; place sheet of foil on rack below pie in case of spillover. Bake about 40 minutes or until filling is set around edges.
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Step6Drain cranberries. Stir in remaining streusel ingredients. Gently sprinkle streusel around edge of crust. Bake for an additional 20 minutes or until set.
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Step7Remove from oven and let cool completely on cooling rack, about 3 hours.
Nutrition
730
Calories
36g
Total Fat
8g
Protein
91g
Total Carbohydrate
56g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 730
- Calories from Fat
- 330
- Total Fat
- 36g
- 56%
- Saturated Fat
- 14g
- 69%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 130mg
- 44%
- Sodium
- 480mg
- 20%
- Potassium
- 490mg
- 14%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 91g
- 30%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 18%
- Sugars
- 56g
- Protein
- 8g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 200%
- 200%
- Vitamin C
- 8%
- 8%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 7 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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