Quick Crust Sweet Potato Pie, spiced with bourbon, in a buttery rich pecan and oat quick cookie-like crust is easy enough for novice bakers!
Sweet Potato Pie
Taste and Texture is what makes sweet potato pie an all time favorite around holiday tables!
Sweet potatoes, when simply roasted, are sweet, custard-like in texture, loaded with a nutrient profile and become even brighter in color.
Add to these beauties, a little bourbon, sugar (not much) and that lovely blend of autumn spices we all long for: ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, mace and cloves with alittle zest of an orange, and we are talking about all the color and flavors of autumn.
Take it a step further and bake this luscious sweet potato pie in a quick crust that crunches like a cookie, a pecan cookie, no less, and you’ve got the best pie for the holiday season.
Quick Crust
Who doesn’t want an easy pie crust that can be whipped up in under 5-minutes at home!
I created this No-Roll Pie Crust with ingredients that would make a successful pie crust each and every time.
Once the pecans (or other nuts of choice), and oats are crushed in a food processor, turning them into a grain and protein rich flour, I add a little spelt flour to finish the balance of flours needed. Never using the sticky gluten of all-purpose flour.
Butter is then added, though coconut oil works well too, very little sugar, pinch of spice and an egg white to bind the crust together when baking.
Easy Quick Crust Pie Preparation
Once the pie crust comes together in the food processor, forming a ball, that lovely ball gets pressed into the pie pan. That’s about it!
The dough spreads easily around the pan. You need only to wiggle it up the sides with your fingers and crimp the edges just as you would any pie crust.
I found a fun tool I use often that looks like a child’s rolling pin, something like they might use to shape clay or play doh, but it’s really just a flat wooden wheel that works dough into tiny corners.
I am big on kitchen toys and while this one smooths the bottom of the pie crust it isn’t necessary. Using a fork to press the bottom and sides works just fine. After all, a pie filling is going into this lovely crust so no one will see the bottom except you. I’m just quirky like that!
How To Make Quick Crust Sweet Potato Pie
The first thing to do is cook the sweet potatoes. I find the easiest, faster way is to peel, cut into small cubes and drop into boiling water, lid on for 5-minutes.
Once they cook and are cooled, they are ready to become a pie.
Easy No-Roll Pie Crust recipe can be found here. I’m serious, it takes less than 5-minutes to have this pie crust in your pie pan and ready for this amazing sweet potato pie filling.
While the sweet potatoes boil and cool, and the pie crust is being pressed into the pie pan, the rest goes fast.
Place the cooked sweet potatoes into a food processor or blender, add the remaining pie ingredients, whisk and pour into the prepared pie crust. Bakes in under an hour.
Pie and Crust Planning
If you are making this scrumptious, easy pecan (or your favorite nut), pie crust, and why wouldn’t you be… take note that an egg white goes into the pie crust.
That leaves the egg yolk to be used in the sweet potato pie filling. Good planning!
Another way to plan for making this pie is to save leftover sweet potatoes you’ve made for another meal.
Or perhaps just peel and boil the sweet potatoes days in advance so they are ready when you are.
Other Scrumptious Quick Crust Pies
Every season provides wonderful ingredients for making pies, even the root vegetables we often don’t think of in a pie.
For many of my other favorite quick crust pies, they can be found right here:
- Grandma’s Bourbon Pecan Pie
- Chocolate Reindeer Cheesecake
- Almond Oat Crust Fig Tart
- Olive Oil Blueberry Pie
Ingredients
- Pie crust
- Sweet potatoes
- Eggs
- Sugar
- Mascarpone or cream cheese
- Cinnamon
- Ginger
- Cardamom
- Mace
- Cloves
- Orange
- Bourbon
Equipment
- Pie pan or dish
- Food processor
- Rubber spatula
- Measuring cup
- Measuring spoons
- Oven
Quick Crust Sweet Potato Pie
Course: Dessert, PiesCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy8
servingsSpiced bourbon sweet potato pie with a buttery rich pecan and oat quick crust, a no-roll out, cookie-like crust!
Ingredients
Quick crust pie crust – for a 9 inch pan or a crust of your choice
Cooked sweet potatoes – 2 cups
Eggs – 3
Egg yolk – 1
Sugar – 1/2 cup
Bourbon – 1/4 cup
Mascarpone or cream cheese – 1/4 cup
Cinnamon – 1 tbsp
Ginger – 2 tsp
Cardamom – 1 tsp
Mace – 1/2 tsp
Cloves – 1/4 tsp
Orange zest – 1 tbsp
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400
- Peeled, cubed and boiled sweet potatoes take only 15 minutes to cook and can be done while preparing the pie crust.
- In a food processor or with a hand mixer, place all of the ingredients and whisk or puree the batter until it is velvety smooth.
- Transfer into the prepared pie crust.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Lower the oven to 350 and continue baking until the center is firm, about another 45 minutes.
Notes
- Easy Pie Crust with crushed nuts and oats for a quick no-roll, cookie-like crust recipe can be found above.
I believe the table... that place that draws people to gather, is the most powerful symbol of togetherness. All that happens before the table is set, the planning, the gathering, the preparing, are all an intricate part of the dance that create the mood of celebration to share with friends and loved ones.
