Southern Sweet Potato Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 lb. yams or sweet potatoes
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 1/2 sticks butter
1 c. evaporated milk
1 egg
2 Tbsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. nutmeg
2 Tbsp. cinnamon

Preparation

Boil yams in skins for 1 hour.
Cool and peel.
Place in mixing bowl with sugar, butter and milk.
Mash well or put in blender for about 3 minutes.
Add vanilla, egg, nutmeg and cinnamon.
Mix well.
Pour into uncooked pie shell and bake 45 minutes in
preheated 350\u00b0 oven.