Pineapple Sweet Potato Pie

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 9 inches pastry shells, unbaked
• 2 cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup half-and-half cream
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 (15 1/4 ounce) can del monte pineapple slices in juice
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 prepare pastry shell; set aside.
• 2 combine potatoes, sugar, half & half, butter, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and egg; mix well.
• 3 pour into pastry shell.
• 4 bake at 425°f, 25 to 30 minutes; cool.
• 5 drain pineapple, reserving 1/2 cup juice. dissolve cornstarch in reserved juice in a saucepan on your stovetop.
• 6 cook, stirring constantly, until thickened and translucent.
• 7 add remaining 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
• 8 this will be a topping for the pie.
• 9 arrange pineapple over pie.
• 10 spoon topping over fruit.