President Obama's Sweet Potato Pecan Bourbon Pie

2h
Prep Time

75m
Cook Time

3h 15m
Ready In

Recipe: #41468

August 19, 2023

Categories: Desserts, Pecan, Sweet Potato/Yam, Southern, Copycat or Clone Recipes, Thanksgiving, Alcohol Refrigerated Dough, Sugar, Pies, more

recipe by:
dienia b

"From Red Truck Bakery. President Obama likes this pie and I can see why. Brian named it the presidential pie, (from about 3 large sweet potatoes). This is going to be really rich so, I bumped up serving size, cut how you want. The Red Truck Bakery cookbook looks amazing."

Original is 8 servings

Metric US

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Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (244.4 g)
Calories 565.4
Total Fat - 25.6 g
Saturated Fat - 9.2 g
Cholesterol - 428.1 mg
Sodium - 409.6 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 69.3 g
Dietary Fiber - 1.9 g
Sugars - 49.3 g
Protein - 16.7 g
Calcium - 96.8 mg
Iron - 2.9 mg
Vitamin C - 4 mg
Thiamin - 0.2 mg

Step 1

Roll out your pie dough into a 13-inch round, fit it into a 10-inch pie pan, trim, and crimp the edges. Chill for 1 hour.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 325°F.

Step 3

Place a raised wire rack inside a rimmed baking sheet.

Step 4

Make the sweet potato filling:

Step 5

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the sweet potato on medium speed until fluffy and smooth.

Step 6

Swap the whisk attachment for the paddle attachment and add the butter.

Step 7

Mix well to combine.

Step 8

Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, egg, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg and beat on medium speed until creamy.

Step 9

Scrape down the sides.

Step 10

Add the cream and bourbon and mix on medium speed until thoroughly incorporated.

Step 11

Make the bourbon filling:

Step 12

In a large bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar, eggs, sorghum syrup, corn syrup, bourbon, melted butter, cinnamon, and salt until thoroughly combined. Don’t overbeat, you don’t want the mixture to get thick and foamy.