Simple Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients

• 1 (1 pound) sweet potato (one large sweet potato yielded 1 heaping cup of sweet potato flesh)
• � cup unsalted butter, softened
• � cup white sugar
• � cup brown sugar
• � cup milk
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• � teaspoon ground nutmeg
• � teaspoon ground cinnamon
• � teaspoon or less ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie dough

Directions

1. Bake a large sweet potato whole in skin (prick the sweet potato with a fork) for 45 to 60 minutes, or until done. When cool enough to handle, halve the sweet potato and scrape out the flesh. Discard the skin.
2. Place the sweet potato flesh in a mixing bowl. Add the butter, and mix well with mixer. Stir in the sugars, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth. Pour filling into an unbaked piecrust.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F for 55 to 60 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Pie will puff up like a souffl�, and then will sink down as it cools