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pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie

My favorite part about going to my grandmother’s house every year for Thanksgiving was walking into her home through the laundry room and seeing the pies all lined up. The aroma of laundry detergent and pumpkin pie can still take me right back.

This recipe makes two pies and why wouldn't you?  It is a standing tradition in our house to wake up the day after Thanksgiving and have pumpkin pie and whipped cream for breakfast.  With a steamy cup of coffee there is nothing better.

1 cup sugar
1-1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/2 tablespoon nutmeg
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoons ground cloves
1-2/3 cup milk
2 eggs beaten
1 20 ounce can pumpkin puree (without the spices)
2 frozen crusts

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

Blend sugar, spices and and salt in a bowl.  Add eggs, pumpkin and milk.  Pour into unbaked pie shells.

Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes and then drop the temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking for 50 minutes.  Pies are finished when a cake tester or toothpick is inserted and comes out clean.

posted: 11/19/2009


comments

1. Clau said:
BK makes the pumpkin pies every year for the traditional Turkey Day at his folks home.
He uses his Grandma's Nanna recipe and gets standing ovations every year.
Last year he got Mila and Cleo involved into the makings...a sweet site to see. While I sipped my red vino and observed, I naively suggested to buy frozen crusts next year.
To my surprise my handyman husband protested: It would be a sacrilege to use frozen crust for Nanna's recipe.
:) Aren't husbands peculiar?
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
11/19/09 20:07 PM - Reply