Miss Paula has the best recipes EVER!!!!! I love coming to this site and getting new ideas. She's the best and my family loves the food.

By Sheneuqa Jackson on November 20, 2012

Traditional Sweet Potato Pie does NOT have a Meringue topping!! Neither does Pumpkin Pie!! ONLY Lemon Meringue and Orange Meringue Pies and some people put a Meringue topping on Old Fashioned Key Lime Pie, NOT the easy Sweetend Condensed Milk Graham Cracker Key Lime version. That's just Paula adding her own twist to her pie. Kicking it up a notch as Emeril would say LOL. Paula and Emeril do that with most of their recipes... If you add Pumpkin Pie spice to Sweet Potatoes than you're just destroying the delicate, light flavor of SWEET POTATOES!! You should just make a Pumpkin Pie and be done with it. Sweet Potatoes have a very different flavor than Pumpkin does. Most people in the South who top their Pumpkin and Sweet Potatoe pies use COOL WHIP or REDI WHIP. I grate a lil Nutmeg on top of my topping, and DON'T pile up the whip either when serving it. It takes away from the Sweet Potatoe or Pumpkin flavor to me. Usually I flute it around the edge of the slice. You get plenty of whip and MORE filling which is the YUMMMMMMY part!! Happy Baking Everybody!!

By Janice on October 09, 2012

BEST FOOD I EVER TASTE IN MY LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Anonymous on March 02, 2012

My husband and I bought a 20 lb sack of sweet potatoes from Louisiana. I told him I want to make a "good sweet potato pie" with them. So I looked up this recipe from Miss Paula and I have had to make it for a Christmas office party and my husband request it more often than any pie I make, and his favorite pie is chocolate. Thank you Paula for a great recipe! Sincerely, Susanne Jordan

By Susanne Jordan on January 28, 2012

I used this recipe for my Christmas dinner this past Sunday. My family loved it so much that today (Wednesday following) I am now baking two more pies. They especially love the meringue on top. Thanks Paula, what a hit in my house.

By Bekki on December 28, 2011

Paula this is my very 1st time making a sweet potatoe pie & red velvet cake using ur recipes. OMG I PRAY THAT THEY BOTH COME OUT OK IM NERVOUS LOL....LOL WISH ME LUCK & I need all the prayers I can get...lol Also wishing you & your family a beautiful Christmas & HAPPY NEW YEAR

By Valerie Clark on December 25, 2011

Hey Paula, How is mildred doing? How often do you get micheal in the kitchen with you cooking at home?

By deb on December 23, 2011

you got itgoing on.Ihave your Cookbook The Book i have is the Christmas CookBook and i Like your sweet potato pies is the Best.Carline Shiflett@yahoo.com thank you

By carlineshiflett on December 22, 2011

I use to watch my mom make sweet potatoe pies when I was growing up. I can still picture her doing so. Of course she would ask me to stir the pot while she was doing other more important things. Potato Pie, Lemon marine pie, coconut cake, boy that brings back great memories the only time we had cake and pie for breakfast. ) Thanks for the momories Paula Have a great Christmas to all of you.

By Anonymous on December 20, 2011

Im going to try this sweet potatoe pie recipe for Christmas.My friend wanted one with coconut, said his mom made it, so I will try your recipe with adding coconut on top. I will let u know how it turns out.Billie

By Billie on December 18, 2011

To whomever typed this recipe onto Paula's website....shame on you. Ingredients are always listed in the order of appearance. Any ingredients used in two places should be designated "divided".

By SharonZee on November 30, 2011

MY bad, I found it , but it must be a deep dish or something. I mashed the potatoes before I mashed them. Too much?

By Cyd Higgins on November 24, 2011

It doesn't say what size pie pan. I used a regular 9". Too small. Had to bake it 15min. Longer than it said to. I hope it congeals because this is Thanksgiving dinner we"re talking' bout here Y'all.:(

By Cyd Higgins on November 24, 2011

I first made this pie last year for Thanksgiving. My mom, who is an awesome cook, actually requested that I make it again for this Thanksgiving!!! Quite a compliment, coming from her!!! Thank you, Paula, I absolutely LOVE everything that I have made from your recipes!!!!!

By Shelly on November 23, 2011

OMG - this recipe turned me into a sweet potato lover. The meringue topping just makes it amazing! My Thanksgiving favorite.

By Wilma on November 23, 2011

This pie is EXCELLENT!!! I was looking for that ole' southern sweet potato pie and this is IT! I didnt make the meringue b/c that's just not how my family ate it growing up. The recipe is really enough to fill (2) 9" shallow pie crusts, or 1 deep dish 9" crust. I added an add'l 1/2 cup of sweet potatos b/c I like my texture a little thicker, and also in lieu of the 1/4 tsp's of cinnamon and ginger, I used 1/2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice AND 1/2 tsp of cinnamon. Came out FANTASTIC! You can also add coconut, pecans, or whatever tastes good on yams, casserole, etc. Paula's recipes are awesome! I've used several of them and havent found anything I didnt like yet

By JUANITA on November 23, 2011

PAULA I LOVE YOU!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR AWESOME SOUTHERN RECIPES.. MUCH LOVE FROM THE BOWDENS

By BARBARA BOWDEN on November 17, 2011

Sooooo Good!!! I made a mistake when looking at the recipe and only put egg whites in the pie itself, but that didn't matter. This pie was delicious. We put coolwhip on our pies, so I didn't make the meringue. I made four pies, and they were gone in a week. This recipe makes it to my book of recipes to pass down to my daughter.

By Alysha on November 16, 2011

I love this recipe for the Sweet Potato Pie. Growing up in Chicago we used to make the SPP so rich and different that as we got older and every year that followed we would skip it. So now that I see this quick and easy recipe (w/out the meringue).... I think we will bring the Sweet Potato Pie back to our table for the Holidays. Thank you Ms.Dean. P.S. you do not need the Meringue...it is a choice.

By Tish on November 16, 2011

I have a quick question....I want to make a Sweet Potato Pie for Thanksgiving...and am looking for a great receipe...so of course I go to my go to girl Paula Deen! But do traditional Sweet Potato Pies have a meringue? Would this recipe work without the meringue? Or is meringue traditional? I'm not a southerner...so I have no idea...if one of ya'all could help me that would be great!

By Brooke on November 15, 2011