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his name is domino. he went on to great hits such as pumpkin pie, apple pie, cherry pie, pecan pie. >> you name it. >> 94% of americans will finish off their thanksgiving dinners with a slice of pie or two. >> and this morning, we are checking out how to make a sweet potato pie that would give even patti labelle a run for her money. >> patti! patti! joining us now from our insomniac kitchen. >> we are kicking off the holidays with the best, joy the baker, who is showing us how to make her amazing sweet potato pie. >> yeah. >> and this is one of your dad's specialties, right? >> this is my dad's specialty. i think that it was kind of a third sibling in my family. my dad makes it every year. this recipe, and so -- >> can we make it? >> yes. thank you, dad. >> yes. >> so we're going to start by making a pie crust from scratch. so it starts with flour. we got flour, sugar, and salt.

and balance to the pie crust so it doesn't just taste super plain. so i add some sugar and we'll throw in some salt for balance. and for the fat, i'm using crisco's vegetable butter flavor shortening. this is half a cup of shortening. >> okay. >> now to the fun part. we take the pastry cutter and work the ingredients to the. do you have the confidence? >> i think i can do it. >> you got the wrist action, and i'm going to pour in butter milk. >> oh, okay. >> i'm not going to add the whole thing. i'm just going to add about half of this. and we're just going to find a spoon to zhush it altogether. and i'm going to dump this on to the counter. i'm going to knead this together, just suggest that this become a disk. >> okay. >> this is going to chill for an hour, and when it comes out, the liquid will be a little bit more absorbed, the shortening will be chilled. it will be easier to roll out. so our pie dough rested in the

we're not going to roll out the dough in one fell swoop. i start in the center and with even pressure, lightly press down and rock back and forth. then i row take the dough and i do it again. i think we have a good shape. now we have to get the beautiful pie crust into the pan. so while we make the filling, i'm going to put this in the refrigerat >> i just want the shortening and buttermilk to rechill, and we'll go from there. sound good? >> sounds wonderful. so these potatoes have been boiling? >> these potatoes have been boiling until they're soft. brown sugar. >> brown sugar. >> cinnamon, nutmeg. >> all mixed together. >> mixed together. and then just this. >> what is it? >> it's corriander and a pinch of salt because everything sweet needs some saltiness to it. and we're going to add some butter, too.

>> some buttermilk. >> this is evaporated milk. >> oh. >> yeah. i'm going to spread these eggs into this bowl and just mix. let's add some vanilla to our potato mixture. i'm going to add the remaining granulated sugar to my eggs. let's just pour it into our -- hold the bowl, and i'll -- yeah, thank you. >> great. let's put this in the oven. >> let's do it. let's bake our pie. >> how long does it bake? >> 45 minutes. >> our pie is ready! >> our pie is done. >> should we dive in? >> dive in.

>> this pie is to die for. try it. thank you to joy the baker and happy thanksgiving to you. >> thank you. >> you hear that, she said -- >> oh, my -- i did. >> you're a liar! >> whew! holy -- >> put it in your mouth! >> i never had -- >> oh -- >> one, two, three! >> awesome. >> that is great. you know, deb never eats pie, so, deb, i know you want pie. >> kendis, he didn't eat -- you still have some here. >> oh, man. eat this pie! >> eat it! oh! mash it in there! >> victory! >> oh, man! >> never thought i was going to have to force feed my coanchor. >> oh, it's sweet. it makes you sing lie patti.

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? ? >> can you tell we have a sugar high after eating all that pie. i don't know where it went. >> such a liar. >> actually, it went right over here. last night was, perhaps, the biggest night for dancing as the final three couples did battle on the dance floor. >> again. >> the stars. >> came down to the crucial final seconds. abc's lauren lyster is in l.a. with the latest. lauren, good morning. >> good morning, kendis and diane. the judges weighed in, the fans voted. and the new mirror ball winner is laurie hernandez. it came down to three, and

competition played out. a star-studded and festive finale for season 23's "dancing with the stars" with all original contestants back utah on the dance floor. and several live performances. including this season's contestant, vanilla ice, and grammy award winner baby face bringing the holiday spirit ? sleigh bells ring ? >> reporter: but it came down to the three finalists and the dance with 24 hours to rehearse. first up, the indy race car driver. >> i can say more than this, i wi >> reporter: then it was the former nfl star known as megatron, calvin johnson jr. >> you make us happy and want to make us dance. >> reporter: finally, going into the show with the highest score, olympic gold medalist laurie hernandez. >> this was, by far for me, your best dance ever. if i have a daughter, i want her to be like you, okay? >> reporter: the host revealing the third place celebrity. >> calvin and lindsey. >> reporter: then the big

stars champion. >> laurie and val! and it doesn't end here. the finalists will now head overnight to new york where they will appear first thing on "good morning america." kendis and diane. >> very fun. still think james should have won. >> i know. you were rooting for james. he's a race car driver so you don't expect him to be able to dance. he did such a beautiful job. >> he flat lined. >> laurie also was fantastic. >> he flat lined at one point. >> not on the dance floor. >> no, that would be me on the dance floor. sthoor. >> no, that would be me on the

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