Pumpkin pie question

[snowwite]

my family prefers the texture of fresh pumpkin. DH OTOH wants his smooth.I mke 2 different types of pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving. I'm not looking for the recipes right now. Here's my guess at the measurements
1st is like my grandmothers
Fresh pumpkin (3 cups?)
sugar (equal parts white and brown (1/2 cups of each?)
1tsp vanilla

Pour into 2 regular pie crust or 1 deep dish pie crust and bake @ 350 for about 25 min.


the other is a pumpkin custard for DH

2cups pumpkin
1can sweetened condensed milk
3 eggs
1tsp each nutmeg and cinnimon
1/2 tsp ground ginger

pur into 2 regular pie crust and bake @350 for 35-40 min

We always do the pumpkin custard one but the other one w/vanilla sounds good too.

 

[sha_lyn]

We always do the pumpkin custard one but the other one w/vanilla sounds good too.

Thanks That how my grandmothers always made hers.


funny story....One yr when I was still in school she wasn't cooking for some reason. My best friends mother offered to make pies for our family. Oh man they were nasty. We expected they would be like "regular" pumpkin pies, but oh man. She put so much spices in it the pies, that is was like eating just the dry spices. You couldn't taste the pumpkin at all.



Yrs ago I found a recipe that used maple syrup. I have no idea where the recipe is now, but it was very good.

 

[Honu]

Really.....Why is that? I have always used the Evap. Milk....I may have to try it for fun.

Evaporated milk has a definite flavor, and IMO it overwhelms the flavor of the pumpkin. I guess if you don't mind the taste of evaporated milk, it's not a problem. There is a difference though.

For the veggie, I prefer to use sweet potatoes or a canned pumpkin puree. Fresh pumpkin is messy and you never know what you're going to get.

 

[Philagoofy]

Hey guys, thanks for all of your opinions and recipes. Since it seems you have to use a special type pumpkin that's usually only available in Oct, I'll go either the Libby's route or sweet potato.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[noodleknitter]

I use sweet potatoes. Easier, and fresh ingredients.

 

[faith]

I like the Libby's pie filling. Recipe is right on the label. I noticed that you haven't made one before, so remember to wrap some aluminum foil around the outer crust rim. Pumpkin pie takes so long to bake, you need to do that to prevent it from burning. Remove the foil from the crust edge about the last 10 minutes of bake time.

 

[Philagoofy]

Thanks for that tip Faith. Have a great Thanksgiving.
Thanks to all.