Sometimes I want to make a pie, but I don’t feel like making a pie crust. Just thinking about rolling out dough exhausts me. That is when I either tell my daughter that if she will make pie dough I will make her a pie or make a cheater pie crust with gluten-free cookies. Though I have been know to skip the crust all together and just cook the filling in a pie dish.
Sweet Potato Pie with Easy Ginger Cookie Crust
Ingredients
Pie Shell:
- 2 cups finely ground gluten-free ginger cookies (~8 oz. of cookies)
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
Sweet Potato Filling:
- 1 3/4 cups or 1 – 15 oz. can of pureed sweet potatoes
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 cup evaporated milk
Directions
Pie Shell:
- Grind cookies. I do it with an antique potato masher, but a food processor will yield a finer crumb. Stir butter into cookie crumbs.
- Press cookie crumbs into a pie shell.
- Bake at 350o for 5 minutes.
Filling:
- In a medium bowl, thoroughly combine sweet potato, sugar and spices.
- In a small bowl, beat eggs. Add to the sweet potato mixture.
- Slowly add evaporated milk to sweet potato mixture.
- Pour mixture into a pie shell. Bake at 425o for 15 minutes, then turn down the heat to 350o and bake for 40 – 50 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
Printable Recipe for Sweet Potato Pie with Ginger Cookie Crust
Sweet Potato Pie with Easy Ginger Cookie
Ingredients
Pie Shell:
- 2 cups finely ground gluten-free ginger cookies ~8 oz. of cookies
- 3 tablespoons butter melted
Sweet Potato Filling:
- 1 3/4 cups or 1 - 15 oz. can of pureed sweet potatoes
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 eggs slightly beaten
- 1 cup evaporated milk
Instructions
Pie Shell:
- Grind cookies. I do it with an antique potato masher, but a food processor will yield a finer crumb. Stir butter into cookie crumbs.
- Press cookie crumbs into a pie shell.
- Bake at 350o for 5 minutes.
Filling:
- In a medium bowl, thoroughly combine sweet potato, sugar and spices.
- In a small bowl, beat eggs. Add to the sweet potato mixture.
- Slowly add evaporated milk to sweet potato mixture.
- Pour mixture into a pie shell. Bake at 425o for 15 minutes, then turn down the heat to 350o and bake for 40 – 50 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
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Is there something that you don’t enjoy making? Have you found a way to cheat?
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