Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients
- CRUST
- 1 ¼ cup graham cracker crumbs
- ½ cup finely chopped pecans
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup melted butter
- FILLING
- 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ cup cold milk
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ scalded milk
- ⅓ tsp ground ginger
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup table cream
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 14 ounces pumpkin
- 6 ice cubes about 1 cup
Instructions
Crust:
- Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar and pecans. Stir in melted butter. Reserve ¼ mixture for garnish. Press remainder into 10-inch pie plate.
- Bake at 375 F for 5 minutes. Cool.
Filling:
- In blender, sprinkle gelatin over cold milk and let stand until gelatin is moistened. Add scalded milk. Cover and process at high speed until gelatin dissolves, about 2 minutes.
- Add brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, ginger and table cream. Cover and process at high speed for about one minute.
- Add pumpkin and proceed at high speed for about 20 seconds, or until all ingredients are thoroughly combined.
- Remove center top cover and, with blender still running, add ice cubes one at a time. Process at high speed until ice is melted.
- Allow to stand for 10 minutes to thicken mixture. Turn into cooled pie shell. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Chill until set. This should make about 8 servings.
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Hermits
Ingredients
- ¾ cup shortening
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ tsp each of nutmeg allspice and cloves
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- ½ cup raisins
- 2 cups white flour
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ cup chopped nuts
Instructions
- In a large bowl,cream together shortening and sugar.
- Beat in eggs, vanilla and pumpkin.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices.
- Stir into creamed mixture.
- Stir in raisins, dates, chocolate chips and nuts.
- Drop by spoonfuls onto greased baking sheets.
- Bake at 350 F for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
If you have never actually used a fresh steamed pumpkin when baking, rather than buying cans of pumpkin, I might suggest you give it a try. It’s a little more work, but well worth the effort. Here are a few suggestions for baking pumpkin treats.
Yummy Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 tbsp melted butter
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 well beaten eggs
- ¼ cup honey or maple syrup
- 1 ½ cups pumpkin
- ½ tsp each of powdered ginger whipped cream, mace and nutmeg
Instructions
- Prepare a pie shell .
- Mix together all the ingredients except whipped cream.
- Pour mixture into pie shell and bake until firm.
- Serve with whipped cream.
Pumpkin Crunch Muffins
Ingredients
- ¾ cups flour
- ½ cups raising
- ½ cup sugar
- ⅔ cup milk
- 3 tsp baking powder
- ½ cup canned pumpkin
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ⅓ cup salted oil
- ¼ tsp cloves
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Stir to blend flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and spices.
- Stir in the raisins.
- Combine milk, pumpkin, oil and eggs and blend with beater.
- Add liquid ingredients to dry mixture all at once.
- Stir until moistened.
- Fill a well greased muffin cups 2/3 full.
- Sprinkle tops with brown sugar.
- Bake at 400 F. for about 25 minutes.
Simple Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups steamed and strained pumpkin
- ½ tsp ginger
- ½ cups brown sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ cups milk
Instructions
- Mix the ingredients in the order given and bake in one crust.
