From the Kitchen of WoodmenLife EVP & COO Wilbur Jenkins: Sweet Potato Pie

WoodmenLife is committed to supporting your family. So we thought it would be nice to get to know each other better by sharing a little from the WoodmenLife family. Here, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Wilbur Jenkins shares a family recipe and the memories that make it so special. Hopefully when you make it, you can create special family memories of your own.

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My family has a long history of baking, and one of our favorite baked goods is sweet potato pie. As a young lad, I fondly remember the delicious aroma in my mother’s kitchen when the sweet potato pies were baking. She would make five or six at a time to share with the neighbors and other family members.

The Thanksgiving holiday was always a special time for sweet potato pies, as everyone in our household preferred them over pumpkin pies. My mother’s recipe has been passed down through generations from my great-great-grandmother — whom I knew because she lived to be over 100 years old. The recipe lives on today as my sister and nieces continue to bake those delicious sweet potato pies.

As for me, I’ve never baked one. However, I’ve been the family taste-tester for decades!

Sweet Potato Pie

1 large sweet potato

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup evaporated milk

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Boil the sweet potato until soft, then drain the water. When the sweet potato is cool enough to handle, peel and mash it. Mix in the butter, sugar, evaporated milk (pour in gradually), eggs, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Pour filling into the pie crust. Bake for 45 minutes or until pie crust is golden brown.

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