Ingredients
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2 eggs, slightly beaten
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2 cups fresh pumpkin puree
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1/4 cup light cream or 1/4 cup milk
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3/4 cup granulated sugar
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1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
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1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
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1 pastry for single-crust pie
Instructions
- Prepare and roll pastry for single-crust pie.
- Line a 9" pie plate with pastry.
- Trim; crimp edge as desired.
- In a large bowl stir together eggs, pumpkin, and half-and-half.
- Stir in sugar, flour, vanilla, salt cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice.
- Pour pumpkin mixture into pastry-lined pie plate.
- To prevent over browning, cover edge of pie with foil.
- Bake in 375 F oven for 25 minutes.
- Remove foil.
- Bake for 40 minutes more or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- Cover and refrigerate within 2 hours.
- For Thanksgiving 2006 I added 3 small gala apples, sliced to the pie.