You asked and here it is. White Potato Pie and Sweet Potato Biscuits

HalfSmoked · Feb 29, 2016

Maryland Eastern Shore White Potato Pie

DO NOT USE INSTANT POTATOES

There are other variations for this however this is my Grandmother's and what I grew up on (and believe me that was not yesterday). Some use lemon instead of vanilla.

2 Cups Mashed Potatoes

1/2 Cup Butter

2 Cups Sugar

4 Eggs Beaten

1 1/2 Teaspoons Vanilla

1 Large Can Evaporated Milk

1 Pastry Shell ( home made or purchased )

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook and mash potatoes, add remaining ingredients and mix well. pour into shell. Sprinkle top with nutmeg and bake 1 hour or until tester comes out clean. Pie will puff up while baking.

Sweet Potato Biscuits

2 Level Cups of Cooked and Mashed Sweet Potatoes

3/4 Cup Sugar

2 1/4 Cup Flour

2 Teaspoons Baking Powder

1 1/4 Teaspoons Salt

5 Table Spoons Shorting

Mix well cutting in shorting. Mix in 2 stages not all at once. Bake at 450 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes. (careful they burn easy)

Hope you enjoy.

HalfSmoked (Warren)

tropics · Feb 29, 2016

Warren That sound better then the name LOL the biscuits sound tasty another item on the list.Thanks

Richie

chef jimmyj · Feb 29, 2016

Thanks for the Post. Was not expecting Vanilla but makes sense. I just saw a DDD episode with Sweet Potato Biscuits as was fixin' to do some research. Good timing...JJ

SmokinAl · Feb 29, 2016

Sounds really good!

Thanks for sharing the recipe!

Al

GaryHibbert · Feb 29, 2016

Hey Warren

Thanks for sharing the recipes so quickly. I'm going to try them both and will let you know how I like them.

Gary

ak1 · Feb 29, 2016

Look like tasty recipes. Thanks for sharing.

HalfSmoked · Feb 29, 2016

Chef JimmyJ said:
Thanks for the Post. Was not expecting Vanilla but makes sense. I just saw a DDD episode with Sweet Potato Biscuits as was fixin' to do some research. Good timing...JJ

HalfSmoked · Feb 29, 2016

AK1 said:
Look like tasty recipes. Thanks for sharing.

chef jimmyj · Feb 29, 2016

HalfSmoked said:

Honestly, I was expecting Brown Sugar and Spice. From the original mention I was figuring some Grandma had everything ready but found no Sweet Potatoes in the root cellar and said, " What the Heck..." and substituted Regular White Potatoes. Seeing Vanilla or Lemon as the flavor. I am thinking sweet potatoes as a Southern US creation and white potatoes in pie as having a Northern US or European origin...JJ

HalfSmoked · Feb 29, 2016

Not sure of the locality of its origin but you will basically only find it on the eastern shore of Md. Maybe this will help it was most made by the slaves cooking for masters. It was predominate in black communities. However it is in my book a great tasting pie.

disco · Mar 2, 2016

Nice recipe!

Disco

dirtsailor2003 · Mar 3, 2016

Thanks for the roll recipe Half Smoked. Made them last night to go with our shrimp and grits! Big hit with the wife and kids.

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Mar 3, 2016

HalfSmoked · Mar 4, 2016

Surprise they have sweet potatoes that far west and north

Glad you tried them and liked them be sure and try the pie.

Warren

GaryHibbert · Mar 4, 2016

Hey Warren I made the white potato pie, with a couple of small changes. I substituted one cup of brown sugar for one of the cups of white sugar, and I increased the vanilla by 50% (seems like I like more vanilla than a lot of folk). The first night we ate it at room temp (I baked it in the afternoon). I wasn't happy with it cold--it was just too thick and the texture felt wrong. The next night, we had it worm, with ice cream--DELICIOUS!! Heating it totally changed the texture from heavy to quite light. Its a very tasty pie and I'll be making it again, but both Miss Linda and I do prefer the sweet potato pie.

I'm guessing you used a deep dish pie shell. I just used a regular one and ended up with 2 pies and a small bowl of "pudding". Worked out fine. This was we get an extra 4 pieces to eat.

POINTS for a great recipe.

Gary

GaryHibbert · Mar 4, 2016

dirtsailor2003 said:
Thanks for the roll recipe Half Smoked. Made them last night to go with our shrimp and grits! Big hit with the wife and kids.

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dirtsailor2003

Mar 3, 2016

Looks good Case. They're next on my list--probably Monday for supper.

Gary

HalfSmoked · Mar 4, 2016

GaryHibbert said:
Hey Warren I made the white potato pie, with a couple of small changes. I substituted one cup of brown sugar for one of the cups of white sugar, and I increased the vanilla by 50% (seems like I like more vanilla than a lot of folk). The first night we ate it at room temp (I baked it in the afternoon). I wasn't happy with it cold--it was just too thick and the texture felt wrong. The next night, we had it worm, with ice cream--DELICIOUS!! Heating it totally changed the texture from heavy to quite light. Its a very tasty pie and I'll be making it again, but both Miss Linda and I do prefer the sweet potato pie.

I'm guessing you used a deep dish pie shell. I just used a regular one and ended up with 2 pies and a small bowl of "pudding". Worked out fine. This was we get an extra 4 pieces to eat.

POINTS for a great recipe.

Gary

Thanks for the point Gary there are more variations to this pie for sure, My wife's aunt separates the eggs and whips and folds in the whites last may make it lighter not sure. But you enjoyed it just watch that waist line I got mine right out front where I can see it LOL.

GaryHibbert · Mar 4, 2016

HalfSmoked said:
Thanks for the point Gary there are more variations to this pie for sure, My wife's aunt separates the eggs and whips and folds in the whites last may make it lighter not sure. But you enjoyed it just watch that waist line I got mine right out front where I can see it LOL.

Warren, I'm lucky. I have an extremely high metabolism--I burn as many calories chewing my food as I gain eating it.. LOL I couldn't gain a pound to save my life. Miss Linda, on the other hand is always going on a diet or coming off one.

Gary

HalfSmoked · Mar 5, 2016

I'll send some LOL I'm not that lucky although I not very active anymore due to health problems. Thanks for the reply's.

Warren

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