GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — One of the most favorite parts of any holiday meal is the dessert!
Rose McGee knows a thing or two about the power of dessert, as the founder of Sweet Potato Comfort Pie. McGee founded Sweet Potato Comfort Pie in 2014 after the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri by sharing pie with a grieving community as a means of starting conversations and providing comfort and healing.
A resident of Golden Valley, McGee is also an award-winning community leader and author of "Can't Nobody Make a Sweet Potato Pie Like Our Mama."
Read more about Rose and the background of Sweet Potato Comfort Pie on her website, and check out the recipe below!
Rose McGee's Sweet Potato Comfort Pie
Makes Two 9” Pies
- 4 medium size sweet potatoes, cooked
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 stick of butter, melted
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 tablespoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 2 unbaked pie shells
Use a Hand-Mixer or KitchenAid™ Type Mixer
- Preheat oven at 400 degrees;
- In a large mixing bowl, mash the cooked sweet potatoes.
- Blend in sugar. Blend in eggs. Blend in melted butter.
- One at a time, add next 6 ingredients; mix well.
- Pour into pie shells.
- Reduce heat to 350 degrees. Bake for 60- minutes.
- Remove from oven. Allow pies to set (firm) for at least 30 minutes.
- Eat warm or allow to cool longer before eating.
Note: Sweet potato pie can be left at room temperature up to two days without refrigeration. Can be refrigerated up to one week and remain fresh. Can also be frozen.
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