Ingredients
3 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup butter
3 cups white sugar
4 egg yolks
1 cup half-and-half cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 (9 inch) pie shell
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
In a large bowl, combine the sweet potatoes and melted butter. Stir in sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in half-and-half and vanilla. Pour into pie shell and sprinkle top with ground nutmeg.
Bake 10 minutes at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C), then reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C), and bake 35 minutes more.