Perfectly Pleasing Pumpkin Pie

While this pumpkin pie isn’t exactly a “fast recipe”, it’s creaminess and flavor demanded that I include it here for your enjoyment. It’s sure to be a hit during the fast approaching holiday season.

Let’s work on the pie pastry shell first (you can make your own recipe or buy the ready-made dough).

Pie Pastry Shell

ROLL out your pastry (on a lightly floured surface) to approximately 13”.

TRANSFER dough to a 9” glass pie dish. Leave a 2” overhang of dough and trim neatly. Then use your fingers to crimp into a decorative edge. Prick bottom of dough with a fork.

REFRIGERATE pastry shell for one hour.

PREHEAT oven to 375°F about 15 minutes before removing the dough from the fridge.

LINE your crust with foil and fill with dry beans or use pie weights if you have them.

BAKE your crust until the edges turn almost golden brown (about 10 minutes but keep an eye on it). Remove from oven.

REMOVE the foil (or weights) and bake for approximately 5 more minutes, or until entire crust is light golden brown.

SET pastry shell on a rack to cool but leave your oven on 375°F.

Now, let’s work on the filling.

Your Ingredients:

1/4 cup sugar (granulated)

3/4 cups packed brown sugar

2 tbsp all-purpose flour

1 tbsp molasses (unsulphured)

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground ginger

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

1/4 tsp salt

1 15-oz can 100% pure pumpkin (make sure it’s plain pumpkin and not the pumpkin pie filling)

3 large eggs (lightly beaten)

2 oz melted unsalted butter

1 tsp pure vanilla extract (not imitation or blend)

1-3/4 cup whipping cream

MIX together sugar, brown sugar, flour, molasses, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and salt in a bowl.

ADD the pure pumpkin and stir until well blended.

ADD eggs, whipping cream, melted butter and pure vanilla to mixture.

POUR the filling into your pre-baked shell.

PLACE pie in the center of rack and bake for 35-40 minutes, or until the filling is set.

COOL on a rack.

TOP cooled pie with a dollop of whipped cream sprinkled with a little fresh nutmeg.

EAT! Oh so yummy!

Always Enjoy!