American Southern

Sweet Potato Slice Pie

Name: Sweet Potato Slice Pie
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 gill brandy; 1 do vinegar; 1 cups water; 1 each lemon; 1 each sugar; 1 each sweet potatoes

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 23. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

25 minPrep Time

45 minCook Time

8Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

1
Made in the same manner as above, adding one gill brandy, one do.
2
vinegar, half pint water, one grated lemon, rind and juice, sugar to taste; paste the dish, cover the top; eat with sauce.

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