• I made sweet potato pies using recipes from chefs Trisha Yearwood, Carla Hall, and Alton Brown. • Yearwood's pie was simple but a bit watery, and Brown's fell apart as I ate it. • I thought Hall had the best recipe, which called for a homemade pie crust.

Nothing screams fall quite like sweet potato pie. So, I decided to try recipes from three celebrity chefs — Carla Hall, Trisha Yearwood, and Alton Brown — to see how they would compare.

Each varied in difficulty, as some used premade pie crusts and one required making each component by hand.

Here's how each sweet potato pie stacked up.

Though the other recipes I tested called for premade pie dough or canned sweet potatoes, Hall's version of the pie didn't come with shortcuts.

Per the recipe's instructions, I roasted 2 pounds of

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