Sweet Potato and Roasted Banana Pie
White Wheat Crust:
1 Cup All Purpose Flour
1 Cup White Wheat Flour
1 stick(1 cup) Crisco Butter Flavored All vegetable shortening(preferably frozen)
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon Avant Research SuperCarb
Ice Cold Water
Egg whites
Pie Filling:
2 Bananas(roasted @ 350 for 40 minutes, simply spoon out the flesh when done)
2 medium sweet potatoes(wrapped in a foil pouch, roasted @ 350 for 2.5 hours- skin on, peel when done)
2teaspoon salt
1 cup SuperCarb
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 egg yolks(reserve the egg whites for the crust)
3 tablespoons Crisco butter flavored all vegetable shortening
1 1/4 cup Yogurt
2oz Package Pecan halves(broken into smaller peices and roasted at 350 for 6-7 minutes- until fragrant)
To make crust:
Start by measuring all dry ingredients into a bowl. Cut shortening into a small, slightly larger than pea sized dice(doesn?t have to be perfect)- add to flour mixture. Toss the shortening in the flour, then go through and smash the pieces flat between your thumb and index finger. You need to work quickly to prevent your shortening from softening- put your bowl with the mixture back into the fridge/freezer for a couple minutes if necessary. Start adding the ice cold water a few drips at a time. This is basically a ?3-2-1 pie dough, so you should need roughly 3-4oz of water, though that measurement is really pretty irrelevent- just add enough water to bring the dough together. Add the water while mixing the dough very gently with your hand. Once it comes together, stop. If you add a bit too much water, just add a little dusting of flour(happens all the time, not a big deal). At this point, throw your dough into the fridge for about 15 minutes to rest(and again, to make sure the shortening doesn?t soften).
Lightly flour a work surface, and turn your dough out onto it. Roll it out thin, and place it on top of your pie dish. Press the dough tightly into all the edges and cut at the top leaving an extra half an inch or so. Crimp the dough on the edges by hand or with a fork. Place back in the freezer for 10 minutes(I really can?t stress the importance of the fat being cold enough). Preheat your oven to 350. Cut a sheet of aluminum foil large enough to cover your pie dish. Fill it with dried beans or use pie weights if you have them. Bake for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, bump oven to 425, remove foil and weights, bake for 10 more minutes. After the 10 minutes, remove crust from oven and brush with egg white.
Make the filling:
Start by putting the roasted bananas and sweet potatoes in the bowl of an electric mixer(a food processor will also work) with 1/2 cup of the SuperCarb, and the rest of the dry ingredients. Use the whip attatchment and mix on high for several minutes, periodically scraping the sides down. Add the egg yolks, shortening, and the remainder of the Supercarb. Again, mix on high for a couple minutes, then add the yogurt and mix thoroughly. At this point, you can mix the toasted nuts into the filling, or just pour them into the pre baked pie crust first and pour the batter right on top(which is what I did).
Bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes. This is optional, but you can brush some more egg white over the crust and the filling when you pull it out of the oven- adds a nice sheen to everything(and a little more protein won?t hurt).
NOTE: The roasted sweet potatoes/bananas should be warm when you whip them, but not hot(could curdle the eggs). Also, if you?re in a hurry you can simply peel and boil the sweet potatoes. Its not imperative that the sweet potatoes are roasted, but the roasting of the banana is what really drives the flavor of the whole thing.
The ingredients, though I didn't actually use any splenda.
Thats how your shortening should look...
Properly pre baked crust should look something like that.
Final batter should look like that.
Theres the pie right from the oven.
There it is, cooled, cut and plated.
Btw, I suggest serving it somewhat warm, but its a whole lot easier to warm it up a slice at a time after its cooled. And I mean warm, not ooey gooey hot, though that probably wouldn't be too bad either.
if you blend some ice cubes it'd be a milkshake 
