Spiced Sweet Potato Pie With Nuts

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup finely chopped almonds, toasted
• 2 tablespoons ice water
• 1 cup mashed sweet potatoes, well drained (fresh or canned, unsweetened)
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup brandy
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 for crust: in a bowl, whisk together the flour and salt.
• 2 with a pastry cutter, cut in the butter until the mixture is coarsely texture with small irregular flakes and bits the size of small peas.
• 3 stir in the almonds until combined.
• 4 sprinkle on the water, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring with a fork until the dough just holds together.
• 5 gather the dough into a ball, flatten it into a disk, wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• 6 on a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into a 1/8-inch thick round.
• 7 fit the dough into the pie pan.
• 8 chill the shell in the freezer while making the filling.
• 9 preheat the oven to 400°f.
• 10 for the filling: in a large bowl, stir together the sweet potatoes, milk and sugar until combined.
• 11 stir in the eggs, brandy, pie spice, salt and pecans and combine well.
• 12 pour the filling into the chilled pie shell and bake for 20 minutes.
• 13 lower the oven temperature to 325°f and bake for 30 to 35 minutes longer (until the tip of a sharp knife inserted in the center comes out clean).
• 14 remove the pie from the oven to a wire rack and cool for 30 minutes.
• 15 the pie may be served warm or at room temperature.