Mitzi's Pumpkin Pie

(This started out as the recipe for Libby's Famous Pumpkin Pie, but I made a few adjustments when putting it into practice!)

Ingredients:
2 cups boiled fresh pumpkin meat, drained well (Another good reason for carving a Jack-O'-Lantern!)
2 eggs, slightly beaten
¾ cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
(If you do not have ginger and cloves, substitute ¾ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice. May also substitute this spice for cinnamon too.)
1 can (12 fluid oz.) evaporated milk
And...
1 9-inch unbaked deep-dish pie shell (Can use 2 shallow pie shells, but I like one deep-dish better!)

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 425°F.
Mix filling ingredients in order given. For a really smooth filling, mix in blender!
Pour into pie shell.
Bake 15 minutes.
Reduce heat to 350°F and bake an additional 45 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. (I usually have to bake at least another hour, especially with a deep-dish pie.)
Serve warm or cold, as you prefer!
Garnish with whipped cream, if desired. Yum!
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11-21-03, 11:41 AM
esencia
This sounds really good! Smile

What if you don't have a pumpkin though? Could you substitute canned pumpkin?

11-27-03, 02:42 PM
Texan-In-Exile
Sure! Smile
The original recipe used canned anyway.

And I forgot to add - to keep the edge of the pie crust from getting too done, you can put foil on it - not on the whole pie, just around the edge.

11-29-03, 01:24 AM
esencia
Roll Eyes had I read the very first part where it said Libby's Iwould have answered my own question. Roll Eyes Sorry...

But I will deffinatly have to give this a try sometime soon! Smile

10-07-05, 03:35 PM
Sarai
Thanks! Now that it's October, I've started craving pumpkin pie, but can't find any canned pumpkin around here. Now it looks like I'll be making jack-o-lanterns after all, just to have an excuse to make some pie!

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