Pumpkin pie

Pumpkin pie is a traditional American dessert, usually made in the late autumn and early winter, especially for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Table of contents

1 Recipe 1.1 Ingredients 1.2 Procedure 1.3 Decoration

Recipe

This recipe replaces much of the sugar normally found in a pumpkin pie recipe with maple syrup. Use only real 100 percent maple syrup, not maple flavored pancake syrup, as their sugar content is different.

Ingredients

2 cups milk, scalded

2 cups pumpkin, cooked and strained

1 cup Maple Syrup

1/8 cup sugar

1 tablespoon flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ginger

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 large eggs, beaten

1 unbaked nine inch pie shell

Procedure

Blend above ingredients, except the pie shell, together. Pour into the unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350° F (175 °C) for 45 minutes. Let cool and serve.

Decoration

Pumpkin pie has no top crust, which makes most forms of decoration impossible, but for a sexier pie, put dollops of real whipped cream on each slice, or add a decorative rim to the side crust with artfully layered dough cut-outs, in the shape of fall leaves, squash or pumpkins.