PUMPKIN PIE

What you will need:

2 cups cooked or canned pumpkin

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 mace

1/2 teaspoon ginger

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 cream or evaporated milk

1 single-crust pie pastry (see in list of pie recipes/click on pastry pie crusts)

or just buy one that is ready made in your grocer's freezer.

The Process:

Mix together pumpkin, salt, sugar and spices. Beat eggs with milk and cream and add to pumpkin, stirring until blended. Pour into pastry-lined, 9-inch pie plate. Bake in a very hot oven (450° F) for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to slow (325° F) and bake 40 minutes longer or until knife blade inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire cake cooler.

 

Topping: If desired, top with whipped cream and pecan halves, yogurt or scoops of vanilla, coffee or butterscotch ice cream.

 

 

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