Pumpkin Pie

This recipe is great for Thanksgiving or just fall weather. It is a very simple pumpkin pie recipe thats simple enough to toss together in just 15 minutes and easy enough for a beginner to make! This was my first pie, and per my family, they said it was fantasic. Feel free to swap out evaporated milk for sweetened condensed milk if you like a slightly sweeter pie. Serve with homemade whipped cream!! You can also use home-made crust as well. - If using this crust, pre-bake the crust for 10 mins before adding the filling.

Only takes a few ingredients, you can use a pie pan(I got mine at Aldi for about $8), or a dispoable tin.

After you mix the pastry ingredients into a ball, press it into the pan. As you press and push the pastry around the tin, it should look similar to the picture below. If you can, press a little pastry over the top of the sides.

After you mix the filling and pour it into the pan with the pastry in it, bake it for 15 mins at 425. NOTE: The filling may rise during cooking, this is normal and it will fall back down. One other tip, put a cookie sheet or some foil under the pan to catch any overflow of filling.

Here is the final product, enjoy!!!

Ingredients

Press in the Pan Pastry
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons cold water

Filling
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin (Not the Pumpkin Pie Mix)
1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees(F) for 10 minutes.
2. In a bowl mix flour, salt, oil until the flour is moist. Then add the water 1 tablespoon at a time until absorbed. You may not need all the water. Shape the pastry into a ball.
3. Press the ball of flour into the bottom of a 9 inch pie pan. Spread the dough evenly around the bottom and sides, ensuring to roll a small part over the top part of the sides.
4. In a bowl, beat eggs slightly, beat in the sugar, cinannamon, salt, ginger, cloves, pumpkin and milk.
5. Put a cookie sheet or foil on a rack below the rack you plan to cook the pie on. Put the pie pan on a rack in the oven, and carefully pour the pie filling into the dough lined pie pan. Bake for 15 minutes.
6. Reduce oven temprature to 350F, bake until a toothpick or knife inserted into the center comes out clean. About 40 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely before serving, roughly 2 hours.

Recipe adapted from Betty Crocker