Potato Pies Made with Sweets

The sweet potatoes used in Southern recipes were the varieties with a light reddish or coppery skin and a rather moist, bright, orange-yellow interior. You’ll notice that in one of the recipes sliced potatoes bake in a pastry envelope. Quite a welcome discovery for northern women who commonly use only the puréed or mashed potatoes in pie. Requests come to Farm Journal kitchens every year from northern readers wanting the recipe for a wonderful sliced sweet potato pie they enjoyed on a trip in the South—usually in Virginia or Kentucky.