Sweet Potato Bourbon Pie Recipes

MAPLE BOURBON SWEET POTATO PIE

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• When it comes to fall vegetable-based pies, some individuals fancy pumpkin, while others (like me) are die-hard sweet potato fans. Both are autumnal, both marry well with the flavors of maple, spirits, and spice; but using sweet potatoes results in a denser, creamier texture. Originally created for an article in Fine Cooking magazine, this dessert is always one of my Thanksgiving pie offerings. I can't tell you how many people have said as they down the last crumb, "and I thought I didn't like sweet potato pie."
• This is like a sweet potato custard, and you will want to take care not to overbake the filling. Check it frequently as it nears the end of its baking time and remember that it will set up a bit as it cools.
• Serve this pie with some lightly whipped cream or, for a slightly twisted take on a tried-and-true Thanksgiving combo, garnish with some marshmallow fluff.
• 1 (9-inch) basic pie crust, baked blind, recipe follows
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Pierce the sweet potatoes at each end with a fork and place them on a foil-lined baking sheet. Roast until the potatoes are soft, about 1 hour, turning them over halfway through the baking time. Cool, peel, and put the flesh through a food mill or mash smoothly with a potato masher. You should have 2 cups of puree.
• Turn oven down to 375 degrees F.
• Combine the puree with all the remaining ingredients for the filling. Whisk until well combined and smooth. Pour the filling into the partially baked pie shell. Bake for about 45 to 50 minutes, until the filling is just barely set. When the rim of the pie plate is nudged, the very center of the filling should barely move.
• Cool the pie to room temperature. It can be made several hours or up to 1 day in advance.
• Place the flour, salt and sugar in the bowl of a food processor with a steel blade. Pulse to combine.
• Add the chilled butter and shortening; pulse until the fat is evenly cut in and the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Remove to a mixing bowl.
• Working quickly, gradually add enough cold water, while tossing and stirring with a fork, until the dough just begins to come together. Divide the dough into 2 even portions, flatten into rounds, wrap in plastic, and chill for a few hours or overnight.
• Roll out 1 portion and fit it into a 9-inch pie pan. Crimp edges. Reserve remaining portion for another use. Line shell with foil or parchment paper and fill with dry rice or beans. Blind bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven for 20 minutes. Remove foil and beans before filling.

MAPLE BOURBON SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees. With a fork, pierce sweet potatoes, and place on foil-lined baking sheet. Roast until soft, about 1 hour, turning once. Cool, peel, and put flesh through a food mill, or mash smoothly with a potato masher to make 2 cups of puree.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk puree and remaining ingredients to combine. Pour into prepared crust.
• Place pie plate onto a cookie sheet, and bake until filling is just about set, or when a knife inserted one inch from the edge comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool pie on wire rack to room temperature.

BOURBON SWEET POTATO PIE

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• Preheat oven to 325°. Mix the first 4 ingredients. Firmly press 1-2/3 cups mixture onto bottom and up sides of a well-greased 9-in. pie plate. Bake until light golden brown, 6-8 minutes. Cool on a wire rack., Stir walnuts into remaining oat mixture. Reserve for topping. , For filling, pierce potatoes with a fork; microwave on high until very tender, 10-13 minutes, turning once halfway. Cool slightly., Peel potatoes and place in a large bowl; mash until smooth. Beat in eggs, brown sugar, melted butter, flour and bourbon until well blended. Add to crust., Sprinkle with topping. Bake until golden brown and filling is set, 30-35 minutes. Cool on a wire rack; serve or refrigerate within 2 hours. Serve with whipped cream.

BOURBON SWEET POTATO PIE

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• Heat oven to 400°F. Line cookie sheet with foil. Place sweet potatoes on cookie sheet; pierce several times with fork. Roast 45 to 60 minutes or until tender. Cool 5 minutes. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Scoop out pulp into medium bowl to measure 2 cups. Reserve any remaining pulp for another use; discard skins.
• In food processor, place sweet potato pulp; cover and process until creamy. Add brown sugar, eggs, half-and-half, 2 tablespoons bourbon, the cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; cover and continue to process until well blended and smooth.
• Place pie crust in ungreased 9-inch pie plate. Fold and roll pastry under, even with plate; flute as desired. Pour sweet potato mixture into crust-lined plate. Bake 10 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Bake 30 to 35 minutes longer or until center is set and knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cover edges with foil if crust is getting too dark. Cool 30 minutes on cooling rack. Refrigerate 2 hours.
• When ready to serve: In chilled medium bowl, beat whipping cream with electric mixer on medium-high speed until slightly thickened. Reduce speed to low; beat in powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon bourbon and the vanilla. Increase speed to medium-high; beat until stiff peaks form. Cut pie into slices; serve topped with whipped cream. Store covered in refrigerator.

BOURBON SWEET POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Put the flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor; pulse to combine. Add the butter and shortening; pulse until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Transfer to a mixing bowl. Working quickly, gradually add the cold water, tossing and stirring with a fork until the dough just begins to come together. Shape into a disk, wrap in plastic, and chill for several hours or overnight. Heat the oven to 400°F. Roll the dough disk into a 14-inch round that's 1/8 inch thick; ease it into a 9-inch pie pan, trim a 3/4-inch border, and crimp an edge crust. Line the shell with foil, fill it with dried beans or pie weights, and bake until just set, 12 to 15 min. Remove the beans and continue cooking until light golden, about 15 min. Let the partially baked pie shell cool.
• Make the filling: Raise the oven temperature to 425°F. Pierce the sweet potatoes at each end with a fork and set them on a foil-lined baking sheet. Roast the potatoes until soft, about 1 hour, turning them halfway through. Cool, peel, and force them through a food mill or a coarse-mesh sieve. You should have about 2 cups of purée. Lower the oven to 350°F. Combine the purée with the melted butter, vanilla extract, eggs, yolk, cream, brown sugar, bourbon, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and pepper. Whisk until blended and smooth. Pour the filling into the baked shell and bake until the filling is just set, about 50 minutes. To test, nudge the rim of the pie plate-the center of the pie should quiver slightly and still be glossy and wet looking. Let cool and then chill thoroughly before serving.

COPYCAT PAPPADEAUX'S SWEET POTATO PECAN PIE WITH BOURBON SAUCE

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• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Place the pie pastry in a pie pan. For the sweet potato layer, combine the mashed sweet potatoes, brown sugar, granulated sugar, egg, heavy cream, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and butter in a large mixing bowl. Beat on medium speed with an electric mixer until well blended. Spread the sweet potato filling in the pie crust. For the pecan layer, combine the sugar, corn syrup, eggs, butter, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl. Beat on low speed for 4-5 minutes or until thick. Stir in the pecans by hand. Pour the pecan mixture over the sweet potato filling, spreading it to the edges. Place the pie in the oven and bake at 325 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove the pie from the oven and let cool on a wire rack. Prepare the bourbon sauce while the pie cools. Combine the cream and milk in a mixing bowl. Beat on low speed with an electric mixer. Add the pudding mix with the mixer running. Mix until blended, scraping down the sides as needed. Add the bourbon and vanilla and continue to mix until it is the consistency of a thick sauce. Let the sauce sit for one hour. Cut the pie into slices and serve with the bourbon sauce.

SOUTHERN-STYLE BOURBON SWEET POTATO PIE

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• Make the pie crust by incorporating sea salt, flour, and butter until a coarse, sandy-looking meal forms. This can be done in a bowl with your hands or in a food processor. Add cold water and continue working or pulsing the mixture until a dough forms. Shape into a disc (like a hockey puck), wrap in plastic, and chill for at least 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees. Using a fork or knife, pierce sweet potatoes several times then place directly on oven rack with a sheet pan underneath to catch any drippings. Roast for about 45 minutes or until tender then set aside to cool. You can place them in the refrigerator to speed up this process.
• Reduce oven heat to 375 degrees. Roll out chilled pie crust and place in a 9-inch pie pan. Remove excess dough from around sides of pan and crimp or style edges, as desired. Prick bottom of dough with a fork a few times then par bake for about 15 minutes then remove and decrease oven heat to 350 degrees. See notes about par baking below.
• While the crust par bakes, process cooled sweet potatoes in a food processor until smooth. Add heavy cream, butter, eggs, bourbon, brown sugar, granulated sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and sea salt then or pulse until uniform, pausing to scrape down sides of bowl as necessary.
• Spread filling into prepared pie crust. Return to oven and bake for about one hour and 10 minutes or until top of filling is firm to touch. Cool completely before slicing and serving.

BOURBON SWEET POTATO PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Using a fork or knife, pierce sweet potatoes several times then place in oven to roast for about 45 minutes or until tender.
• While sweet potatoes roast, make pie crust. Start the crust by incorporating sea salt, flour, and butter until a coarse meal forms. This can be done in a bowl by hand by hand or in a food processor. Add cold water and continue working or pulsing mixture until a dough forms. Shape dough into a disc (like a hockey puck), wrap in plastic, and chill for at least 30 minutes.
• Once sweet potatoes are roasted, carefully remove from oven and place in fridge to cool to room temperature. Reduce oven heat to 375 degrees.
• Remove pie crust dough from fridge and roll out into about 1/4-inch thickness. Place dough into a 9-inch pie pan and fold or crimp edges, as desired. Place into oven to par bake for about 10 minutes then remove and reduce oven heat to 350 degrees.
• While crust par bakes, make sweet potato filling. Remove skin from roasted sweet potatoes and combine with heavy cream, butter, egg, brown sugar, granulated sugar, whiskey, nutmeg, cinnamon, and sea salt. This step can be done with a mixer, by hand, or in a food processor. I recommend using a food processor for the smoothest filling. The result should be thick, custard-like, and free of lumps. If filling is too thin, place in the fridge to stiffen up a bit before assembling pie.
• In another bowl, mix together the corn syrup, brown sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla, and cinnamon until smooth and uniform. Stir in pecans.
• To assemble pie, spread sweet potato filling into prepared crust. There should be about one inch of space between the top of the sweet potato filling and the edges of the pie crust. Next, gently pour pecan pie filling over top. This layer should be almost flush with the top of the pie pan.
• Bake pie for one hour. Top of pie will puff up as it bakes but will settle as it cools. Cool pie completely before cutting.

KENTUCKY BOURBON SWEET POTATOES

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• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange sweet potatoes in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Combine sugar, butter, bourbon and vanilla extract in a large saucepan and heat to a boil. As soon as the sauce comes to a boil pour it over the sweet potatoes.
• Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are soft.

BOURBON SWEET POTATO PIE

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• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F with rack in center position. Roll your prepared dough disk to a 12-13 inch circle. Fold the dough into quarters and gently fit it into a 9-inch pie plate without stretching the dough. Trim dough to a 1/2-inch overhang and tuck to make a double-thick edge flush with the circumference of the plate. Flute or crimp the tucked edge. Refrigerate (30 minutes) or freeze (15 minutes) until dough is chilled and firm.
• Line pie plate with two large squares of parchment paper or foil and fill with pie weights. Bake until edges are light golden, about 18 minutes. Gather edges of parchment or foil and remove weights (be careful; they'll be very hot) and continue baking crust until the bottom starts to look opaque, about 3-5 minutes. Let crust cool completely on a wire rack.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
• While the crust is baking, pierce the sweet potatoes all over with a fork to create steam holes. Place potatoes on a microwave-safe plate and cook on HIGH for 15 minutes, or until fully cooked. Turn over every 5 minutes, checking for doneness. When potatoes are soft, immediately cut in half lengthwise and let sit at room temperature until cool enough to handle.
• While potatoes are cooling, place butter in a small skillet. Melt, over medium heat, until foaming subsides and solids are a light golden brown (watch carefully!). Remove from heat, let stand a few minutes, and then stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
• Use a spoon to scoop sweet potatoes from their skins and transfer to the bowl of a food processor (discard skins). Add light brown sugar, salt, and browned butter/spice mixture. Process until smooth. Scrape bowl and add sour cream, whole eggs and yolks, vanilla, and bourbon. Process until fully combined.
• Pour sweet potato mixture into the cooled pie crust. Bake until edges are firm but center still jiggles slightly, about 35 minutes. Center of pie should register 165 degrees on an instant-read thermometer. Watch carefully, as overcooked pies will be prone to cracking and will not have as silky a texture. Transfer pie to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Optional: place marshmallow crème in a piping bag and decorate the top of the cooled pie just before serving. To toast, use a kitchen torch, or broil pie in the oven until marshmallow crème is golden brown. (If broiling, cover pie edges with a foil collar so they don't burn.) Slice and serve.