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1 pound of sweet potato
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½ cup of butter , softened
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1 cup of white sugar
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½ cup of milk
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2 eggs
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½ teaspoon ground Cinnamon
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1 pie crust
My family recipe is sweet potato pie. I and my family make this dish ever thanksgiving; it has also become a family tradition. Usually when we make it the first ingredient is the pie crust, next we add 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of butter, 1 pound of sweet potato,1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of white sugar, ½ cup of milk, ½ teaspoon of ground nutmeg,1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon , and finally 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. My contribution for the recipe was to put the pie in the oven and take it out of the oven. The recipe meant a lot to me because it was the only recipe the family had that was really ours. It was only the desert we cooked on thanksgiving. We let the pie shell darken in the oven before we mix the ingredients together. We put all the finishing ingredients into a bowl and stir it until the ingredients take their color. We put the finishing ingredients in to the pie shell so the pie can cook all the way through. I remember this one time during thanksgiving I was in the living room watching TV and they were about to put the pie in the oven and she called me to she said “boy come put this pie in the oven”
I said “Yes I will”. This dish is very special because it symbolizes the unity of the family named the pie a while back before I started my job the name of the pie was “Taylor made”. When the pie was finished we added one last ingredient and it was whipped cream. It made the pie was “Taylor made”. When the pie was finished we added one last ingredient and it was whipped cream. It made the pie more presentable to other visitors that came over to eat. Sometimes if there wasn’t that many people she would cook more than one for the people that were there. It would allow other people to enjoy themselves, relax and watch the football game while eating their food. If there is allot of people we would expanded the recipe so that we have enough so everyone could get them 1. I have been doing my share of the pie for we started, but I’m the only one out of my cousins that actually helps. The person that cooks the pie is my grandma. My auntie is the one who gets the stuff out so they can mix it together. There is the secret ingredient we put in the pie to make it sweater we put more sugar for the guest that have a sweet tooth. That is the food that I and my family are going to take with them forever. We are going to ember this dish until we leave.
