I gave this recipe three stars, because I made some changes to it. In my family and among my friends this is the basic sweet potato recipe without the lemon extract. I make it with the lemon extract on occasion and it is delicious. I just can't inagine a sweet potato pie with nutmeg and cinnamon, but that's me. The water isn't really necessary. I can't see what purpose it serves. You can use a little more milk, if you like and just eliminate the water. I bake my potatoes instead of boiling them and that way they're not soupy or water logged. A pound of potatoes is about 2 cups, mashed. so you cna weigh them to have the right amount. I always use frozen deep dish pie shells and I get two pies out of this batter. Tip: Sweet potatoes are real stringy and I don't know many people that will use a seive or a food mill. Put your cooked potatoes in the bowl and use a paddle beater. The strings will attach to the beater (actually any kind of beaters) and you can rinse them off. Do that about three times. That way your pies won't have all those strings in them. I hate that!

I have been making homemade breads for years, and this one just didn't make the cut. I made a slight change to the amount of flour, and subbed about 1/2 cup of oil for some of the water. Also, it didn't rise when I tried having the oven light on. I had to revert back to setting my oven on warm and misting while I waited two hours for it to triple in size. Even that is a bit long. The flavor was okay, but next time I will add some fresh herbs. I liked how the crust turned out, and it wasn't too hard since I only baked it for 25 minutes. It's a good recipe, but I will stick with my own. :)

These are very tasty but did fall apart. I should have read the comments before I made them! I halved the recipe, added some garlic and onion powder, left out the bacon and used parmesan in the mix and also mixed in with the bread crumbs. Next time I will add some flour and try the Panko instead of bread crumbs. I love panko - it makes such a beautiful crust. My daughter loved these and I will definitely make again.