Ingredients
- 1 lb. yams or sweet potatoes, cooked and peeled
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp. each ground cinnamon , grated orange rind and vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 egg
- 1 graham cracker pie crust
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. With mixer, beat hot yams and butter until smooth. Add remaining ingredients except crust and pecan topping; mix well. Pour into crust. Bake 20 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare Pecan topping. Remove pie from oven; reduce oven to degrees F. Spoon pecan topping on pie. Bake 25 minutes longer or until set. Cool. Serve warm or at room temperature. Garnish with orange zest, if desired. Refrigerate leftovers.
Pecan Topping:
Beat together 1 egg, 2 Tbsp. each dark corn syrup and firmly packed brown sugar, 1 Tbsp. melted butter and 1/2 tsp. maple flavoring. Stir in 1 cup chopped pecans.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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