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This variation on Libby’s classic pumpkin pie is just a little milder then the traditional recipe, thanks to the substitution of cinnamon in place of cloves, and is usually preferred in our blind tastes tests to the original! This recipe is scaled to 1 pie. Feel free to double it and make two!
1/2 c sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
2 large eggs
1 15oz can pumpkin (we favor Libby’s)
1 12oz can Evaporated milk
1 recipe Mom’s Pie Crust or Perfect Pie Crust
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Mix sugar, salt, cinnamon, and ginger in a small bowl. Stir into pumpkin, in a large bowl. Beat eggs, one at a time, into the pumpkin mixture until smooth. Carefully stir in the evaporated milk.
Pour into pie shell and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 40-50 more minutes or until nearly set. Let cool at least 2 hours before serving for best texture.
Refrigerate leftovers.
If you want the absolute BEST pumpkin pie. I will let you in on my family secret that my dad and I discover nearly 30 years ago when I was a teenager and in charge of making the pies for Thanksgiving. Mom didn’t buy enough evaporated milk, so Dad had the idea to use eggnog instead. So good, I haven’t used anything but eggnog since.
I eliminate all traces of cinnamon, because I have a severe allergy. But no one else notices that it is gone, I add nutmeg in it’s place. I have standing orders every year to supply friends with pumpkin pies for their Thanksgiving dinner.
that sounds FANTASTIC! would it work with dfree eggnog, do you think?
I haven’t ventured into dairy free at all.
I’ve only started making gluten free for the last few years for family dinners, my boyfriend’s mother eats gluten free. Her sons are convinced that nothing gluten free tastes good, because they are use to the limited choices many years ago growing up.
So for Thanksgiving, I am making pies with gluten free crust and not gluten free, and this year rolls with both flours.
This will be my first time using better batter, so I am hoping to trick the men of the family into trying some of the gluten free rolls or dishes.
Love it! Let me know how it goes – our first year gf we used the BB rolls and they were all eaten before my gf family got to the line….. if you’re ‘tricking’ em’ make sure to set a few aside for yourself first
I love the Potato Rolls – best. Thanksgiving. Bread. Ever