Sweet Potato Pie
Recipe Type: Main dish
Author: Healthy Recipes
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 50 mins
Total time: 1 hour 20 mins
Serves: 8
The secret to healthful holiday cooking is to use half the fat and twice the spice. This works well in favorites such as this sweet potato pie.
Ingredients
  • Crust:
  • 1 1/2 cups fine graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 large egg whites
  • Filling:
  • 2 cups baked sweet potato
  • about 2 medium sweet potatoes)
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons organic butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup brown, unrefined sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 teaspoon cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon allspice
  • 1/8 teaspoon dried ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup organic milk
Instructions
  1. Combine cracker crumbs and cinnamon, add egg whites and mix together until dough forms a smooth ball.
  2. Lightly grease pie pan. Press in cracker crumb dough to cover the bottom and the sides of pie pan.
  3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  4. Mash baked sweet potatoes with orange juice and butter.
  5. Beat in sugar. Beat in eggs. Beat in spices. Mix in milk.
  6. Pour filling into pie crust.
  7. Bake at 400 degrees for 40-50 minutes until filling is firm. Cool and serve at room temperature.
Serving size: 1/8 pie Calories: 190 Fat: 4 Carbohydrates: 36 Protein: 3