Sweet Potato Pie

For my second of three Thanksgiving dinners, I wanted to make a yummy, familiar pie. I had a bunch of sweet potatoes that needed to be used ASAP, so my fate was sealed. I looked at a few recipes and mixed and matched the slight variations of spices. I’ve never made a sweet potato pie and I have to say it was delicious. What made this pie even better, though, was sharing it with my fantastic family. They rock my world and remind me what I’m really thankful for this holiday season.

Pie!

This past weekend I had a fun fall day full of apple picking and farm animal ogling with friends at Honey Pot Hill Orchards in Stow. While there were no cows or sheep, we still had a great day and came home with a ton of apples. I had way more apples that one human should have in a 150 sq. ft. apartment, so I decided to make a pie for our weekly dinner date. I used a basic crust recipe and improvised for the filling. One of my goals this season is to perfect my crust making skills… not wholly accomplished in this instance, but I think I’m close. I wasn’t too adventurous with this one. I want to experiment by using butter in addition to shortening in the crust, adding a bit of sugar, crystallizing the top of the pie, taking over the world, etc.