I think that would be just fine. I make a streusel topping for my sweet potato casserole and it is similar in flavor. I have seen recipes for that on pumpkin pie as well. I too always use evaporated milk in my pumpkin pies. I like butternut pies too, I think they have a prettier color than pumpkin. Your recipe sounds good.

Sue

I am wondering now, a new wonder, will it be too heavy (for lack of a better term) for the pie? I wouldn't think so, but maybe others (or you?) would know.

Except the OP is questioning about sweet potato pie...lol...is there a difference. I don't really think so.

Just trying to keep the peace in the family ci_lantro. She's crazy about that sweet potato casserole and its topping

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Ithink it would taste weird, even though I like butter with sweet potato. I think of streusel with breadier things than creamy textured pies.

If your mom is crazy about the casserole, why not just make the casserole in a pie crust and call it pie? A little brown sugar in the pie crust might go well, and either completely cover the top with the sugared pecans, or cut the scrap pastry into leaves or pumpkins or even just hearts or stars, and scatter them around, with the pecans in between.

Sure enough, she's asking about sweet potato pie. Guess I must be hungry for pumpkin pie. Come to think of it, I don't think that I've ever eaten or made a sweet potato pie.

Rob, if you're trying to keep peace in the family, just make the damn casserole. :-)

Sweet potato pie has a bit of a heavier texture and is richer than pumpkin pie. We prefer it over pumpkin pie. I puree my cooked sweet potatoes in the Cuisinart to make them very smooth and lighten them up a bit. I don't think streusel will ruin it. It just might make it a little too rich and too sweet. I'd try it but go light on the streusel.

I think streusel would be just fine, although you might want to make sure the pie filling isn't intensely sweet, it might be a little "over the top" if there's too much sugar.

Amanda and Elery both like sweet potato pie more than they do pumpkin, so I'm making a gluten free sweet potato "torte" this year, wish me luck. A streusel topping would be nice, but I haven't quite gotten the hang of a decent gluten free streusel yet.

Good luck, and Happy Thanksgiving!

Annie

Why not make it? Because I want her to quit asking for the same daggone thing every single year. She's gotten so bad at what she'll ask for, she asks my sister for deviled eggs every single holiday. I kid you not. And we live close to each other, so we're together every single holiday. So by Thanksgiving, we've had eggs for Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day and then Thanksgiving, for instance. Enough already!

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It also covers making a pie and keeps the sweet where it should be, dessert.

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Rob, I could have deviled eggs a lots more than the holidays you listed. In fact, if I want a full platter, I have to make extras so I can have some to "test".

My husband loves the Sweet Potato Casserole your mother does. I prefer the Candied Sweet Potatoes done on the stove top. The casserole is very easy to cut down. Why don't you make her a very small one and make something also. That way you could ease away from the casserole.

I am probably as bad as she is about Thanksgiving Dinner. I want the same things every year. I don't mind adding to it, but I don't want to leave my favorites out!

I'm like your mom, I love the sweet potato casserole with that topping, a pie would work fine with me. My grown kids won't eat the casserole because it is too sweet, but there are few things that are "too sweet" for my tastes though. And I'm with Sherry, I love deviled eggs & it is required that I make extras so I can test. I don't make them for every holiday, but I do make them when I feel the need.

Why don't I make it and a pie? Because that's two things to make.

Does it help to know I have lost 37 pounds since March 9th, and I don't eat that stuff any more? I don't need it sitting around the house, and she won't take it home.

Do iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

Rob, this isn't a hostage situation. If you fail to fulfill certain demands and bring something different to the table, you'll still be released unharmed, trust me.

If you're worried about the final results being too sweet, keep in mind that toasted pecans, along with a pinch of salt (1/8 teaspoon if using unsalted butter) will absolutely cut through the sweetness of the streusel. Btw, if your mother pooh poohs on your new offerings, you got my address?

And congratulations on the weight loss! Keep rockin' Robin ☺

Sol

Rob, that's why I said to make a tiny one serving! If she doesn't eat it, throw it down the garbage disposal! Not to be a Debbie-Downer, my MIL died this year, I wish we could make the junkie stuff she liked.

Congratulations on the weight loss, Rob!

My whole family is with your Mom on the devilled eggs, they want them at every holiday and some dinners in between. Thank goodness I have chickens, and lots of eggs. We also make egg salad regularly, as far as I can see, it's about the same thing.

My daughters love that marshmallow topped sweet potato casserole. Me? Not so much, I have a recipe for twice baked sweet potatoes that take Italian Sausage, but it's not healthy. At all. So I bake a bunch, leave some plain for me and Elery and anyone who wants them and make the rest into that casserole.

I'm not allowed to change certain components of the Thanksgiving Dinner or there will be mutiny. The problem I have is that everyone wants their favorites, and I want to try something new and it's just too much. I have managed to sway some over to my way of thinking, Dave actually likes pimento cheese better than the ever present cream cheese/dried beef thing, so I'm making progess. I think. I did completely revolt last year and announce that I would never, never, EVER be making green bean casserole again. Amanda can't have the CofM soup because of the gluten, or the onion topping. Dave can eat it at his Mother's, Ashley can eat it at her in-laws, or they can make their own, but I'm making something else. So there.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Annie

Devilled eggs are easy enough to make that they should be able to be pawned off on someone who isn't cooking anything else...

I agree to make a small casserole or pie for your mom. One you won't feel bad about if the last bit goes into the compost. Or make one recipe in four small dishes, freeze three, and give them to your mom over time. Maybe she'll lose her taste for it if she has to eat it all the time. :)

I always made pickled eggs and beets for Thanksgiving. I cut the pickled eggs in half, put them on a dedicated egg platter with salt and pepper on them. Filled the center of the platter with fresh parsley topped with the pickled baby beets.

Never bought into the gloppy green bean casserole. Always had peas and pearl onions.

Y'all are so sweet!

No worries. I'm sure I'll go back to making it next year. If she died today, I'd know I've made so many meals and casseroles she loves, it'd be ok. We talk almost daily, and I dread the day I reach for the phone, and realize she can't be reached on the other end. We've been best friends for so long!, worked together for years, been out with friends together, attend the same church, many many days out shopping or swimming, and now, to surviving health issues together. I don't think anything could hurt our relationship. The pie is more a gentle nudge out of her comfort zone. Same things, in a different form :)