Pumpkin pie is a delicious fall pie, but it’s not the traditional fall pie in my house. This grain-free sweet potato pie has the privilege of being the ultimate, long anticipated fall pie every year! While I think it makes a good pie for any time of the year, I mostly associate it with fall since it is similar to pumpkin pie and has all the traditional fall flavors. I love the smooth, creamy texture of this pie as well as it’s rich, delicious flavor! Wait until you try it!
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Sweet potato pie is actually a pioneer recipe! I was doing some research on traditional American West recipes and I came across a website that had some chuckwagon recipes that have survived in pioneer cookbooks, journals, and memories. As I was scrolling through the different recipes, I was surprised to see sweet potato pie listed!
It seemed like the pioneers could pretty much turn anything into a pie. I even saw a pie recipe for red bean pie, pie made completely out of beans! There was also a mashed potato pie, so it made since that they would also make a sweet potato pie! Nevertheless, I was thrilled to see that one of my favorite pies of all time is actually a heritage, pioneer recipe!
Not only is this pie a traditional pioneer recipe, but it is also a modern pioneer recipe too! The ingredients may differ slightly from what the early pioneers would have had access to, but that’s okay. This pie is made to be allergy friendly, so even those modern pioneers with dietary restrictions can enjoy this classic pie! Sweet potato pie is…
As if being allergy friendly wasn’t enough, this pie’s main ingredient is also bursting with nutrition. Sweet potatoes are a root vegetable belonging to the morning glory family. Like most vegetables, they also contain some great health benefits! Here are some nutrition facts about sweet potatoes.
Sweet potatoes are a great vegetable to make a pie out of!
So, now that you know some of the nutritional information about sweet potatoes, what does all that information mean? Well, good news! It means this sweet potato pie is actually good for you and that you can have it for breakfast! Well, the breakfast part might be debatable, but if you live in my house, sweet potato pie is actually a pretty common breakfast food come November.
Either way, sweet potatoes do provide some great health benefits. Here are just a few:
While you may not get all those benefits directly from having a slice of sweet potato pie, you can at least rest assured that this pie is not an un-healthy addition to your diet.
Yeah, learning about health and wellness is interesting… to some people. But sometimes you just need some interesting tidbits instead of diving into how sweet potatoes benefit your diet. Don’t worry, I found some of those too! Here are some interesting sweet potato facts you can recite to anyone enjoying the sweet potato pie you make!
Looking for other fun pies to make this fall? Make sure you check out some of these below. A few of my top favorites include the chocolate pudding pie and
Grain-free sweet potato pie is a super easy pie to make! I enjoy making this pie, it’s very relaxing and rewarding in the end! The recipe is pretty straight forward and I have been using this recipe every since I started making sweet potato pie (thanks to Duck Dynasty, who first introduced me to sweet potato pie). Here are a few recipe tips that will ensure your pie turns out perfectly!
If you’ve never tried a sweet potato pie before, I challenge you to try this recipe this fall! I guarantee you will be pleasantly surprised! If you like pumpkin pie, you will definitely love this sweet potato pie. If you don’t like pumpkin pie, and maybe you don’t even like sweet potato, I still think you should give this pie a try. It will surprise you!
This grain-free sweet potato pie is creamy, smooth, and bursting with fall flavors! I like pumpkin pie, but sweet potato pie is hard to beat! It makes a great fall dessert, healthy fall breakfast, or the perfect fall mid-day snack. Bursting with flavor and containing wholesome ingredients, there’s not much that could cause you not to like this pie!
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by Alexa
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