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Sweet Potato-Gingerbread Meringue Pie
This delicious pie showcases gingerbread flavor in the meringue instead of the crust. Baking it on the bottom rack gets the crust nice and crisp without parbaking it. —Shannon Norris, Cudahy, Wisconsin
Reviews
I absolutely loved it. Be careful though because it really is enough to fill 2 pies. So make one for.you, and give the other to a neighbor. The meringue is tricky. Even If you are familiar with making meringe, it is a bit difficult. I made this last year and im making it again right now. Great flavor. This year though im going into the meringue with better experience.
I think the 'sweet potato' in the recipe actually refers to yams, because I bought what was labeled sweet potatoes at my grocery store and my pie wasn't this orange hue, but yellow. I also think it might be way too much sweet potato. I bought 3 pounds and measured before putting it into the batter and it was four cups, but the filling overflowed my pie crust (it at least wasn't messy).
I'm glad I saw your review.I was very skeptical of adding the hot syurp to the meringue., think I'll just add a little pumpkin pie spice to the meringue.
Tried this for Thanksgiving today - was a little hesitant because there were no reviews - and I was not impressed. In truth, it was a flop; I doubt I'd even try again to tweak it. My meringue was fine until I added the molasses mix, then it was just a runny mess. The color of the meringue is nothing like the picture either - with adding molasses as called for, it's a light brownish. The filling made enough for two pies and was way too sweet. I still added the not-so-meringue on top of the pie and broiled it - it worked, but is only like 1/2" thick maybe. So presentation not there at all. I'm sure my inlaws will like it, but overall too sweet and meh for me. Gave it a two because I'm sure with some adjusting it can be salvaged, but I'm not going to put in the legwork for that.