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Today is 46 days, which is 6 weeks and 4 days of the Omer
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And here’s today’s recipe, contributed by Noa A..
Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients
- 9-inch unbaked pie crust
- 1/4 cup margarine
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 cup top milk
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
- 3 eggs separated
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 large sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed through sieve
Directions
- Cream margarine until soft.
- Add salt and sugar and cream until sugar is blended.
- Add lemon juice and rind.
- Add beaten egg yolks, cinnamon and sieved potatoes and milk.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
- Brush pie crust with unbeaten egg white.
- Pour mixture into pie crust.
- Bake in hot oven ten minutes then lower temperature to moderate
- Bake another 40 minutes or until inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cream margarine until soft.
- Add salt and sugar and cream until sugar is blended.
- Add lemon juice and rind.
- Add beaten egg yolks, cinnamon and sieved potatoes and milk.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
- Brush pie crust with unbeaten egg white.
- Pour mixture into pie crust.
- Bake in hot oven ten minutes then lower temperature to moderate
- Bake another 40 minutes or until inserted in center comes out clean.
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