Next time you’re planning a party, hosting a game day or taking dessert to a potluck, make an impression (and some new friends) with fried sweet potato pies. These hand-held, personal pies with a creamy sweet potato filling wrapped in crispy fried pie crust and dusted with confectioners’ sugar are so surprisingly delicious that even the staunchest sweet potato critic will be back for seconds.

If you’re from the southern U.S., you’re probably no stranger to sweet potato pie. A Dixieland staple, sweet potato pie is a decadent dessert popular year-round, but especially around the holidays. It’s so indulgent that it may have first-timers asking, “Wait, this used to be a vegetable?” This portable fried version is packed with all that deliciousness, with no slicing or portioning required. Plus, it can even fit in a pocket.

Ingredients for Fried Sweet Potato Pies

• Self-rising flour
• Sugar
• Shortening
• Eggs
• 2% milk

Filling:

• Mashed sweet potatoes
• Sugar
• Egg
• 2% milk
• Melted butter
• All-purpose flour
• Vanilla extract
• Oil for frying
• Confectioners’ sugar (optional)

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