Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

3 tbsp Margarine
1/4 cup Sugar
1/4 tsp Salt
1 Egg yolk
3 tbsp Lemon juice
1 tsp Lemon peel
1/4 tsp Cinnamon
3 large Sweet potatoes, cooked, mash
1 cup Skim milk
3 Egg whites, beaten stiff
1 9-inch unbaked pie shell

Use about 1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes.

Heat oven to 350 F. Beat together margarine, sugar, and salt. Add
egg yolk, lemon juice, lemon peel and cinnamon. Stir in sweet
potatoes and milk. Mix well.

Fold in egg whites; pour into pie shell. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or
until knife inserted in center comes out clean. To reduce saturated
fat, use a homemade pie shell made with vegetable oil.

1/8 wedge - 263 calories, 2 starch exchanges, 2 fat 6 grams protein,
13 grams fat, 32 grams carbohydrate, 3 grams fiber 296 mg sodium, 524
mg potassium, 34 mg cholesterol

Adapted from The American Diabetes Assoc. Family Cookbook Vol. III
Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier, Jan 94



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Preparation Time: 0:00

Serves: 8

Is this Sweet Potato Pie Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?

This Sweet Potato Pie recipe is part of our category which contains diabetic Sweet Potato recipes. Because we are unaware of your individual medical conditions & the guidelines your health advisors have given you, we are unable to say with certainty that this Sweet Potato Pie recipe is appropriate for you. Still, as the original author labelled it as `diabetic` it hopefully suggests that it, at the very least, complies with the basic consideration for the tag `diabetic`, being low fat and low carb and therefore, should be better for your health than a typical non-diabetic recipe. All the same, this Sweet Potato Pie recipe should only be used In the event that you understand your own condition and are happy that the contents of the recipe are acceptable for you.

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