Homemade Fresh Pumpkin Pie recipes Cooking method
Homemade Fresh Pumpkin Pie recipes INGREDIENTS
• 2 cups mashed, cooked pumpkin
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
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• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup cold water
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Halve pumpkin and scoop out seeds and stringy portions. Cut pumpkin
into chunks. In saucepan over medium heat, in 1 inch of boiling water
heat the pumpkin to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for
30 minutes or until tender. Drain, cool and remove the peel.
3. Return pumpkin to the saucepan and mash with a potato masher. Drain
well.
4. Prepare pie crusts by mixing together the flour and salt. Cut shortening
into flour, add 1 tablespoon water to mixture at a time. Mix dough
and repeat until dough is moist enough to hold together.
5. With lightly floured hands shape dough into a ball. On a lightly
floured board roll dough out to 1/8 inch thickness. With a sharp knife,
cut dough 1 1/2 inch larger than the upside down 8-9 inch pie pan.
Gently roll the dough around the rolling pin and transfer it right
side up on to the pie pan. Unroll, ease dough into the bottom of the
pie pan.
6. In a large bowl with mixer speed on medium, beat pumpkin with evaporated
milk, eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt. Mix well.
Pour into a prepared crust. Bake 40 minutes or until when a knife
is inserted 1 inch from the edge comes out clean.
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