How
about making this very easy and traditional pumpkin pie for your
Thanksgiving dinner? This
recipe comes from the 1960's
Betty Crocker cookbook. I learned to
cook from this cookbook.
Learn about the
History of Pumpkin Pie.
Also check out more great
Pie Recipes.
Don't forget to check out my
Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Menu
which includes this easy-to-make and very delicious Southern Pumpkin Pie.
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Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie - Thanksgiving Pumpkin
Pie
Recipe Type:
Pie,
Pie Pastry,
Squash,
History, Pumpkin
Yields: 8 servings
Prep time:
20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Ingredients:
Pastry for 9-inch one crust pie
3/4 cup granulated
sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2
eggs, beaten
1 (15-ounce) can 100% solid-packed pumpkin
1 (12-fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
Sweetened whipped cream (optional)
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 425
degrees F. Position oven rack in the center of your oven.
Prepare pie pastry.
In a large bowl, combine sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves; blend
in beaten eggs at low speed of your mixer. Add pumpkin and evaporated
milk; blend at high speed of your mixer until smooth.
Pour pumpkin mixture into the pastry-line
pie plate.
NOTE: To prevent spills, place pie plate on
a wire rack or on the open oven door when filling with pumpkin mixture.
Bake 15 minutes; reduce
oven temperature to 350 degrees F. and bake approximately 45 minutes longer
or until knife inserted in center comes out clean and the filling is set
but the center still jiggles slightly when the pie dish is gently
shaken. Remove from oven and let cool on a
wire cooling rack before cutting and
serving.
If desired, serve with sweetened whipped cream.
Makes 8 servings.
