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Healthy Sweet Potato PieBy Saba Ahad

Sweet potato pie is a dessert that straddles the line between being a decadent treat and a vegetable side dish. While sweet potato pie contains fat and sugar -- certainly not desirable additions to many diets -- it also contains important disease-fighting nutrients.This variation on the more classic healthy pumpkin pie will leave you speechless.

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Our Healthy Sweet Potato Pie not only lives up to its name-being healthy and all but this Healthy Sweet Potato Pie tastes just as good as any store bought iconic pumpkin pie you can get your hands on.

Instructions For Healthy Sweet Potato PiePreheat oven to 400 F, and prepare a pie crust in a 9-inch pan (I list a crust recipe below that you can use if desired). Blend all pie ingredients until completely smooth – or you can use oat flour instead of oats and stir by hand. Pour the filling into the crust, then bake 30 minutes on the center rack. Don’t open the oven door, but turn off the heat and leave in the closed oven another 30 minutes. Take out the still-under baked pie, and let it cool. Then transfer the pie uncovered or very loosely covered to the fridge, where it will firm up after 5-8 hours or overnight.

Optional Crust Recipe – Or you can use your favorite pie crust instead of the one below:

1 1/2 cups ww pastry or all-purpose flour (Many readers have said gf all-purpose flour also works)1 tsp salt1/3 cup sugar of choice or xylitol1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil (80g)2-4 tbsp water (I used 3)

Preheat oven to 200 F. In a large mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients. Add the oil, and stir. Add water as needed until it just sticks together but is not yet gummy. Press evenly into a 9-inch pie pan. Put the crust in the oven and immediately increase the temperature to 350 F. The crust will rise, so either use pie weights during baking or just press the pie crust back down after baking. Bake 15 minutes. Let cool. Then use in the above healthy sweet potato pie recipe.

PreparationCook sweet potato in boiling water to cover 30 minutes or until tender; drain.

Beat sweet potato and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs and next 6 ingredients, beating well. Pour mixture evenly into each piecrust.

Bake at 350° on lower oven rack for 45 to 50 minutes or until set. Garnish, if desired.

Ingredients for Healthy Sweet Potato Pie

15 oz sweet potato puree 1 3/4 cup milk of choice (really good with canned coconut milk) 2 tsp pure vanilla extract 2 tbsp oil OR more milk of choice 1/4 cup sugar or xylitol – Or you can decrease the milk by 1/4 cup and use pure maple syrup pinch uncut stevia OR 2 additional tbsp sugar 2 tsp cinnamon 1/8 tsp cloves 1 1/2 tbsp rolled oats 1 1/2 tbsp ground flax 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp salt

Total Time: 1hRecipe Credit: Chocolate Covered Katie