Traditional Pumpkin Pie
Traditional Pumpkin Pie made with delicious pumpkin and a hint of warm spices. This mouth watering pie is easy to make and a must for your holiday table.
Recipe type: Dessert | Custard Pie | Pumpkin
Serves: 6 to 8
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Recipe Notes
Pan: One 9" Deep Dish Pie Pastry: Classic Pie Pastry Prep: Unbaked Starting Oven Temp: 425° Storage: Cover and Refrigerate
Help: Classic Pie Pastry
Help: Classic Pie Pastry
Ingredients
Pastry:
- Classic Pie Pastry for one 9 inch pie (link to pie pastry)
Filling:
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups (15 ounce can) pumpkin
- 1½ cups (12 ounce can) evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
Pastry:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Prepare Classic Pie Pastry for one 9 inch single-crust pie. Line a 9 inch deep dish pie pan with the pastry. Crimp the pastry edges, and decorate with leaf shapes from left-over pastry pieces if desired. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate pie shell until firm, at least 30 minutes.
Filling:
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs with a wire whisk or fork until frothy. Add pumpkin, evaporated milk, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and salt, beat well to mix. Pour mixture in the pastry-lined pie pan.
- Bake: Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven to 350 degrees F. Bake an additional 60 minutes, or until the topping is lightly browned and the pie jiggles slightly if the pan is given a gentle shake. Tip: During baking, if crust is getting too brown, loosely place a piece of foil over the top to prevent the crust from over-browning.
- Remove from oven. Cool on a wire cooling rack 2 to 3 hours before cutting and serving. Cover and refrigerate within 8 hours.
Serving suggestion: Serve pie either when cooled to room temperature or still slightly warm. Spoon a dollop of whipped cream or whipped topping on top.