Sweet Potato Cranberry Pie

Recipe and Photos by Daniela Lais

For a 9inch pie pan Time: 25min prep + 60 min (baking sweet potatoes) | Baking time: 50 – 55 min Ingredients For the crust: • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour • ½ cup fine cane sugar • 1 teaspoon baking powder • 10 Tablespoons vegan butter • 1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract • ¼ teaspoon salt • 3 Tablespoons pumpkin pie spice • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract • 1 cup cranberry jam

For the filling: • 2.5 pounds sweet potatoes • ¾ cup coconut milk • 4 Tablespoon maple syrup • 3 ½ Tablespoons cornstarch

For the decoration: • Coconut whipped cream

Directions 1) For the crust grease a 9-inch pie pan with coconut oil or vegan butter. In a bowl combine flour, sugar and baking powder. Work in the vegan butter and vanilla and create a smooth pie dough. If it’s too dry add 1-2 tablespoons of cold water. Press it in the pie pan and create a rim (about 2 ½ inches high). If you have leftover dough, you can use it for decoration on the top. Chill it when you make the filling. 2) For the filling preheat the oven to 420F. Poke holes in the sweet potatoes all around and bake them for about 60 minutes or until they are soft (depending on the size). Turn the heat down to 350F. 3) Peel the sweet potatoes, mix the starch with coconut milk and blend the sweet potatoes, with the milk-starch mix, salt, pumpkin pie spice and vanilla to a smooth filling. 4) Spread the cranberry jam on the pie crust, top it with the sweet potato filling, smooth it, add some additional decorations if you have leftover pie crust and bake for about 50 – 55 min. Let it cool down completely, best overnight. Top it with some coconut whipped cream if you want.

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