Pumpkin Pie Recipe (Best I've ever had)

[joebryant]

BTW, be sure to have a can of whipped cream in case anyone wants it.

 

[Luvin Life]

I'll be using this recipe as well, with fresh pumpkin. I was at Marsh in Brownsburg, IN they still have cans of pumpkin available. Let me know if any Hoosiers are having trouble, I can p/u some.

***with whipped cream of course***

 

[deb1]

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I agree. I have given my children homemade apple pie for breakfast before. Of course, I don't make my apple pies very sweet.

 

[Sunny Side Up]

Your recipe is almost identical to the one on the Libby's pumpkin can, only substituting the sweetened condensed milk for the sugar & evaporated milk and using NUTMEG instead of CLOVES. Do you think one spice is better than the other?

 

[joebryant]

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Me? I've never made a pie in my life, so I wouldn't know.

 

[Amethyste]

lol i use both

Just not in a huge quantity...but the nutmeg adds that certain something to the pies imho... sort of heightens the flavours. The cloves add such a sweet smell and underflavour to the pie as well... they go great together in my opinion... just careful on amts so they are not overwhelming.

 

[Sunny Side Up]

I just made a pie using the recipe in the first post...

Half of it is GONE already & it hasn't even cooled completely! I didn't find it too much sweeter, but just nice & flavorful, even without whipped topping. (By the way, for whipped topping I like to get the real whipping cream & beat it in the mixer) I used only nutmeg but no cloves & I think I'll continue to make it that way. Sometimes the cloves can be overwhelming & give a sort of licorice-y cough drop-py flavor. I liked it without any cloves but with nutmeg instead.

And of course I used DUCK EGGS to bake it which made it taste EXTRA FANTASTIC!!!

 

[ChickenChaps]

How do you make pie crust?? Or just buy some already made up? Can I use graham cracker crust for pumpkin pie? Or is that weird? If you cant tell, Ive never made a pie before either. lol

 

[Sunny Side Up]

I use the ready-made pie crusts, the kind you unroll & press into a pie pan.

I used to bake desserts for a restaurant making 9 pies each morning in addition to other cakes & pastries, but have since lost my light touch with pie crusts. The last ones I made at home were awfully tough. I keep telling myself to try again but each time I need to make pie crust for desserts or quiches I'm always running behind time and reach for the ready-mades instead. At least I crimp the edges by hand to make a nice presentation.

 

[sundance]

could you substitute sweet potatoes for pumpkin,vegies were on sale and I told the guy I wanted a case of each, and also ended up with a case of swet potatoes, I like to bake my own SP with the peels but these are cut up, so can I drain them, run them thru the blender with all the other stuff an bake?

marrie