Baking adventure
@1creekgirl (43479)
United States
October 3, 2023 9:26pm CST
I finally decided today to make that sweet potato pie.
I boiled, cooled, peeled and mashed up sweet potatoes and had everything mixed up, all ready to add in the potatoes.
Thank goodness I looked at the recipe again. It read to add one cup of evaporated milk and I thought it was one can.
So, I found a different recipe. Wasted those eggs, milk, spices, and vanilla extract.
This time I read that recipe half a dozen times!
It was one of those "impossible" recipes that makes its own crust so it's gluten free.
Turns out it made three pies! They're kind of good, but Dale said to please not waste anymore of the sweet potatoes.
Now, a casserole next week will actually be like a dessert. It's something that Tammy makes at our Christmas dinner and it's so rich and yummy.
So, that was my baking adventure for today.
How was your day?
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@jstory07 (143796)
• Roseburg, Oregon
4 Oct 23
@1creekgirl Do you have room to freeze them.
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
4 Oct 23
@jstory07 Yes and I would try freezing them, but they're really not good enough.
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
4 Oct 23
We'll never eat three pies, but they're not great enough to give away.
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
4 Oct 23
Yeah, they're not the best, but I think I'll stick with pumpkin pies. I just had this strong desire to make them.
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@DaddyEvil (147453)
• United States
4 Oct 23
@1creekgirl Mom made them when I was little but nobody liked them... They taste too much like pumpkin pie for me to eat them. One bite was more than I really wanted.
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
4 Oct 23
@DaddyEvil My pumpkin pies are much better than the ones today. But the taste is similar.
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
4 Oct 23
@RebeccasFarm I think they were a little too firm is because I forgot you need extra liquid when baking gluten free.
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
4 Oct 23
It was kind of a mess, but I just really wanted to try those pies!
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
4 Oct 23
I thought about it, but it had way too much milk.
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
5 Oct 23
@RubyHawk I didn't know about that. Do you cook a potato and mash it in with the rest?
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@RubyHawk (99397)
• Atlanta, Georgia
5 Oct 23
@1creekgirl I might have added extra potato to thicken it. You can see I’m frugal. 
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@porwest (99528)
• United States
6 Oct 23
I wish I could say yum, but I don't like sweet potatoes and I lost my sweet tooth years ago anyway. My family always makes fun of me because I am the only one who never eats any desserts. But best of luck on your baking and I am sure it will be good.
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
6 Oct 23
I love baking, but sometimes it doesn't turn out well. I wish I were like you and didn't love sweets so much.
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
6 Oct 23
@porwest The out of sight, out of mind approach works for me sometimes. Until I remember that the out of sight is the freezer.
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@porwest (99528)
• United States
6 Oct 23
@1creekgirl Baking is a disaster for me whenever I have tried it, and I can cook like nobody's business. But yeah, not having a sweet tooth helps to curb the appetite for sweets.
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@RasmaSandra (84651)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Oct 23
At least you got three pies out of the sweet potatoes,
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
5 Oct 23
I just wish they had tasted better.
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@Marilynda1225 (84591)
• United States
4 Oct 23
When I was working, a co-workers mom made sweet potato pies at Thanksgiving and he would take orders. Her pies were the best I ever ate and there isn't a Thanksgiving that goes by that I don't think of her and her pies.
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
4 Oct 23
I bet they were scrumptious. I think mine were a little dry because they're gluten free.
@Deepizzaguy (109393)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
4 Oct 23
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
4 Oct 23
Hopefully you'll find a good one some day to try.
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@LindaOHio (187981)
• United States
4 Oct 23
I'm sorry Dale didn't approve. I'll bet they were good. My day was good because it was our wedding anniversary which you already know! Have a great day.
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
4 Oct 23
So glad you had a good anniversary...hopefully Red Lobster when your knee recovers from surgery.
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@LindaOHio (187981)
• United States
5 Oct 23
@1creekgirl Heck no...I'm not waiting for surgery before we go to Red Lobster. I will hobble there maybe some time this month! lol
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@1creekgirl (43479)
• United States
4 Oct 23
I've learned it really is true that cooking is an art, but baking is a science.
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@JudyEv (352653)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 23
I do this too or sometimes I want to make a half quantity so I halve most of the ingredients but then forget and put the full amount of others.
