Sweet Potato Pie Recipe?

I've seen alot of recipes for sweet potato pie/caserole, but they all ask for canned sweet potatos. When i went grocery shopping last week i had picked up Yams. Can I find a recipe for sweet potato caserole using yams instead of the canned sweet potatos covered in heavy syrup?Sweet Potato Pie Recipe?
Yes- I use 4 cups cooked yams/sweet potatoes. Mash them then use 1 cp sugar, 3 eggs, 1 cup evaporated milk, 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon and nutmeg, 3/4 cup of butter, 2 cups of minature marshmallows, and 1 cup of cocunut. mix all that together and bake in a 400 degree oven for 20 min.





For topping I use 1 1/2 cups crushed cornflakes, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 cup chopped pecans, and 1/2 cup of butter. Return it to the oven for another 10 minutes.





Everytime I make this people rave about it. IT's not very healthy but oh my god it melts in your mouth. I found it on allrecipes.com and just changed a couple things about it. Yummy!Sweet Potato Pie Recipe?
Those ';yams'; you find in the store are not really ';yams.'; They are sweet potatoes. You can and should use them.





A REAL yam is a root vegetable that grows in the Pacific islands and tastes nothing like sweet poptatoes. I don't even think you can buy them in the U.S.
Use a pumpkin pie recipe, but a creamy tip. Put your canned milk in the blender and your 2 cups of mashed yams in there and wize it up. Other wise they won't be creamy. Not the eggs, just the yams and milk. I did it with the eggs and it didn't do so good.


Guess they don't like the blender
You can substitute fresh yams for canned yams in any recipe. And if you bake them rather than boil them, they will have more flavor. I got this recipe by searching Yahoo! Answers for sweet potatoe pie:





Sweet Potato Pie


Recipe courtesy Dave Lieberman








Ingredients


2 sweet potatoes, about 10 ounces each


1 3/4 cups fine graham cracker crumbs (about 15 whole crackers, finely ground)


1/4 cup dark brown sugar


8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), melted





2 large eggs


1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar


1/2 cup heavy cream


3 tablespoons all-purpose flour


1 teaspoon ground cinnamon


1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg


1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract





Instructions


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.











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I use fresh ';Yams'; or Sweet Potatoes in my casserole.





Sweet Potatoe Casserole





3 pounds of sweet potatoes peeled and cooked.


3 eggs


1/2 cup milk


1 stick of margarine


1/2 tsp vanilla





Topping:


1 cup of light brown sugar


1/3 cup of flour


1/3 cup melted butter


1 cup of chopped pecans





boil or bake pototes, Peel potatoes after baking if you bake them! I find that they are a brighter color if you bake them. Whip with milk, add eggs, sugar, margarine and vanilla. Mix. Pour into a buttered casserole.





Mix together topping ingredients. Spoon on top of potatoes.





Bake 35 minutes or until center is set at 350 degrees.








Do not substitute margarine for butter for the topping.





Happy Thanksgiving. I hope this is the recipe you were looking for.=)
INGREDIENTS


1 (1 pound) sweet potato


1/2 cup butter, softened


1 cup white sugar


1/2 cup milk


2 eggs


1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg


1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon


1 teaspoon vanilla extract


1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust


DIRECTIONS


Boil sweet potato whole in skin for 40 to 50 minutes, or until done. Run cold water over the sweet potato, and remove the skin.


Break apart sweet potato in a bowl. Add butter, and mix well with mixer. Stir in sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth. Pour filling into an unbaked pie crust.


Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 to 60 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Pie will puff up like a souffle, and then will sink down as it cools.