Vegan Brown Sugar Sweet Potato Pie with Coconut Milk

Vegan Brown Sugar Sweet Potato Pie with Coconut Milk is like a healthy twist on favorite southern comfort food. This Sweet Potato Pie is sweetened with Brown Sugar and has deep, rich caramelized flavors, along with the hint of Fall Spices. This is made with a homemade Vegan Pie crust and topped with Whipped Cream and some chopped pecan nuts. This is undoubtedly one of the favorite Pie of the season.

Hey friends! Happy Weekend to you! I am so excited to share one of my all-time favorite and most loved Pie recipes with y'all. This delicious Sweet Potato Pie is vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free. I love making this pie for my Thanksgiving dinner and even my Non-Vegan friends love this recipe. It's so so so good.

You might ask what's so special about this Sweet Potato Pie? Well, for one thing, I love any and everything Sweet Potato and with the farmer's market selling the best Sweet Potatoes of the season, I couldn't help but buy a lot of Sweet Potatoes and since then I've been baking with Sweet Potatoes, both sweet and savory recipes. From my Brown Sugar Sweet Potato Casserole to my Mashed Sweet Potatoes to Creamy Spiced Nuts Sweet Potatoes Cheesecake Dip, to  Vegetarian Sweet Potato Chili to my Black Bean and Sweet Potato Casserole 

Then, this Sweet Potato Pie is just as comforting as a Pumpkin Pie. Not that I do not love a Pumpkin Pie. I do, but I think there's never just enough desserts for Thanksgiving, so I bake a Sweet Potato Pie as well and people reach out for this even more than the Pumpkin Pie 🙂

My Sweet Potato Pie is moist and dense. Unlike other Vegan Sweet Potato Pies which is almost never firm, my slices are always firm and never runny.

Also, I love the texture, moisture, and caramelized flavor of Brown Sugar. I have used packed Light Brown Sugar to sweeten this Pie. The Brown Sugar makes this Pie filling super delicious.

I learned this recipe way back in the years and have been baking this ever since. Sweet Potato has a rich and dense flavor to it which is perfect to be used for Pies or any other desserts. While when we bake for Thanksgiving, Pumpkin Pies is our go-to option, however, you can always try something new and bake this Sweet Potato Pie.

What does a Sweet Potato Pie taste like?

Sweet Potato Pie has a dense taste to it. This Sweet Potato Pie has a taste of Brown Sugar and the fall spices which is just similar to a regular Pumpkin Pie. However, the addition of Ginger makes all the difference, making this even flavorful and comforting. Also, since I have made this with Coconut Milk, there's an earthy sweetness of Coconut milk and creamy texture to this Sweet Potato Pie.

Ingredients needed to Make Vegan Sweet Potato Pie

For the Pie Filling

• 2 cup Sweet Potato Puree (2 medium sweet potatoes, boiled, peeled, and pureed using a handheld mixer)
• ¾ cup Coconut Milk (180ml)
• 1/2 cup Cornstarch (64gm)
• 1 cup Packed Light Brown Sugar (200gm)
• ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• ½ teaspoon Lemon Juice
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• 1/2 cup Softened Butter (64gm)
• 2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon Ground Ginger
• ½ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
• 1 UNBAKED Vegan Pie Crust homemade or store-bought
• 1 cup Vegan Whipped Cream
• ½ cup Chopped Pecan Nuts

For the Vegan Pie Crust

• 2 cup All-Purpose Gluten-Free Flour
• 2 tablespoon Granulated Sugar
• ½ cup Cold Non-Dairy Butter
• 1/2 inch cubed
• ¼ cup Ice Coldwater
• ½ teaspoon Salt

How to make Sweet Potato Pie from Scratch?

To make the Sweet Potato Pie you start by Making the Vegan Pie crust -

You can learn the details of a homemade Buttery & Flaky Pie crust here.

However for the vegan version, here's how to make it.

Making the Vegan Pie Crust from Scratch at home

Combine All-Purpose Gluten-Free Flour with Cold Vegan Butter. You will have to cube the butter and then mix it with the flour. Mix the butter and flour using a pastry blender or two forks or just pulse it together in a food processor.

Once the flour and butter have combined, add the ice-cold water, salt, and sugar. Mix everything well using a rubber spatula. As soon as you add the water, the flour will clump together. Bring it all together to make a Pie dough.

Do not knead the dough. If the dough is too sticky, dust some flour on the surface. If it's too dry, add about 1-2 tablespoon of Ice cold water and combine with the flour mixture.

Tightly Wrap the Pie Dough using a plastic wrap or aluminum foil and keep it covered in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, before you use it.

Making the Sweet Potato Pie Filling

To make the Sweet Potato Pie filling, you need to follow the following steps-

• You will need sweet potato puree. You can use store-bought ones. But, I never buy them I always make my own sweet potato puree. For that, I simply chop and remove the edges of my Sweet Potatoes, chop my sweet potatoes into half, and put them in a pot of boiling water.
• I allow it to simmer and cover cook for at least 10-15 minutes. The cooking time will depend on the amount of Sweet Potatoes and their freshness. If you have 2 medium-sized sweet potatoes, it will take about 15 minutes. Mine took 15 minutes to get cooked. It should be fork-tender.
• After 15 minutes, get the sweet potatoes out in a colander and wash it off in cold water. Cool it down to room temperature for 10 minutes and then peel off the skin.
• Take the peeled Sweet Potatoes in a large bowl and blend them until smooth using a handheld mixer. You can also, gently mash the Sweet Potatoes using a fork or a pastry blender or a masher and then use the handheld mixer to mix it until it gets mixed throughout. It won't get creamy, it'll just get dense.

• Scrape the sides of the bowl and the paddle to get all the mashed Sweet Potatoes out in a bowl.
• To the Mashed Sweet Potato add the Spice - Ground Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Ginger. Add salt, Cornstarch, Brown Sugar, Coconut Milk, Softened Unsalted Butter, Vanilla Extract, and Lemon Juice.

• Mix everything using a handheld mixer.
• Add the sweet potato pie filling into the pie crust. Even out the top using a spatula.
• Bake the Sweet Potato Pie, uncovered for 40 min at 375F. After 40min, tent with foil and bake for the remaining 20 min.
• After the Pie gets baked, cool down the pie for 1 hour before you cut it into slices.
• Top each slice with whipped cream and chopped Pecan Nuts. Enjoy!

Important tips to make the best Sweet Potato Pie

• Cornstarch can be replaced with Arrowroot (same amount)
• You can fresh or canned sweet potato puree. If you're using fresh sweet potato puree, then peel and chop the sweet potatoes. Place it on a baking tray. Pop it in the oven at 350F for 30 minutes. Cool them down and then make a puree in the food processor.
• Your Coconut Milk should be full-fat canned Coconut Milk.
• Make sure that the Vegan Pie Crust that you purchase is unbaked
• If you find this recipe to be too sweet (Because the Sweet Potatoes are already sweet), you can reduce the quantity of Brown Sugar to half.
• Coconut Milk can be replaced with Almond Milk

I hope you liked this recipe and shall make it soon. If you happen to make this recipe, then comment below and rate this recipe. Also, tag me with #recipemagik on Instagram.