Sweet Carrot Pie - An Old Time Family Favorite That Survived The Depression
By: Denay Davis
Published: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 7:10am

Ingredients




2 cups cooked carrots, pureed in food processor, set aside in a medium bowl
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
3 tablespoons butter, melted

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 425 degrees 2 Mix all ingredients together until well blended 3 Pour into an unbaked deep dish pie shell or 2 small (regular) 9 inch pie shells 4 Bake in preheated over for  40-50 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean. (The smaller pie shells will bakes for less time) 5 Center will look soft but filling will set as the pie cools. 6 Serve at room temperature with coffee or tea...a wonderful end of the meal dessert.

About


This is a pie made famous during the depression when food and money were almost non-existent. One of the vegetables that families did have and that the government provided in food banks were potatoes and carrots...surprisingly the Sweet Carrot Pie was born!