Classic sweet potato pie topped with a brown sugar and pecan crumble topping, just like your favorite sweet potato casserole, for a Thanksgiving pie recipe that is sure to please!
Sweet Potato Pie with Crumble Topping
Last year I shared a sweet potato pie recipe topped with toasted marshmallows that was totally amazing (I'll link to it at the bottom, if you want to check it out!). But if I'm totally honest with you, I'm usually not a huge marshmallow fan. I have a marshmallow creamer recipe that awesome, marshmallow frosting, and I'll eat anything s'mores. But on sweet potatoes, I just love that pecan and brown sugar streusel crumbly topping. So. Good.
So I thought, it's delicious on sweet potato casserole, why not put it on sweet potato PIE?? And here we are. With this delicious Sweet Potato Pie with Crumble Topping.
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Sweet Potato Pie with Crumble Topping Recipe
Southern Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients
- 1 unbaked pie crust rolled out in a deep 9-inch pie dish (bottom only)
- 3 large sweet potatoes
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1⅔ cups heavy cream or half-and-half
For the topping
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup flour
- 4 tablespoons butter softened
- ⅔ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Wash and bake potatoes at 425°F until fork tender, about 40-50 minutes.
- Remove sweet potatoes from the oven. Adjust the oven temperature to 400°F.
- Peel sweet potatoes and place into a large mixing bowl.
- Mash potatoes with a masher or fork. You need to 2 cups of this mash for the recipe.
- Add 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes and sugar to a large mixing bowl. Beat until smooth.
- Add eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, and salt. Beat again until smooth.
- Add cream and beat until smooth, creamy, and combined.
- Pour sweet potato pie filling into unbaked pie shell. Set aside.
- To make the topping, in a medium mixing bowl, add brown sugar and flour for topping. Whisk together. Add butter and cut in with a pastry blender. Stir in chopped pecans. Sprinkle on top of pie.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes, or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge of pie comes out clean. Cool completely on a rack.
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