SweetPotatoPie

Ingredients 

Crust

  • 149 grams of graham cracker crumbs (around 11 whole crackers)

  • ¼ cup coconut sugar or glazing sugar

  • 6 tablespoons butter, melted

  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Pie Filling

  • 453 grams of sweet potato

  • ½ cup butter (softened)

  • ½ cup coconut sugar

  • ½ cup coconut milk

  • 2 eggs

  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger

  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1 teaspoon lime juice

  • 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour

Topping 

  • 110 grams of almonds (half chopped, another half whole)

  • ½ cup brown sugar

  • 3 tablespoon butter

  • 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream

Crust instructions: 

1. Combine the graham cracker crumbs with coconut sugar, ground cinnamon, and melted butter.

2: Press the mixture into a 9-inch pie pan.

3: Preheat the oven at 375 degrees F and place the pan inside the oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let it cool. Then add the filling.

Pie Filling Instructions: 

1: Bake sweet potato until done. Let them cool and peel skin.

2: In a large bowl, add the sweet potato and butter and mix with a hand mixer until smooth. Then, add the coconut sugar, coconut milk, eggs, spices, and vanilla; combine all the ingredients until the mixture is smooth. Add this mixture into the pie crust.

3: Bake for 55 to 60 minutes at a temperature of 350 degrees F. Let it cool and start working on the topping.

Topping Instructions: 

1: Melt the butter in a pan at a medium heat temperature.

2: Add ½ cup of brown sugar and let it cook until smooth for a few minutes. The mixture will bubble.

3: Add in the heavy whipping cream and mix it. Then, add the almonds and cover them with the mixture.

4: Once the almonds are thoroughly covered with the mixture, pour the almonds over the pie and then spread evenly across the pie.

5: Let the pie cool before serving.