Homemade Pumpkin Pie!

Single Crust Recipe

1 1/3 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup shortening

3 1/2 tablespoons cold water

Mix flour and salt together in medium bowl. Cut shortening into flour (I just used my hands). Add the cold water 1 tablespoon at a time. Mix dough and repeat until moist enough to hold together.

With flour on your hands, shape the dough into a ball. On a floured board, roll your dough out about 1/8 inch thickness. Cut your dough with a sharp knife about 1 1/2 inches bigger than your upside down 8 inch pie pan.

Roll up your dough onto your rolling pan to ease it into your pie pan.

Filling

2 cups mashed, cooked pumpkin (cooled, and strained)

12 ounces evaporated milk

2 eggs, beaten

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ginger

1/2 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 400 degrees!

In a large bowl, mix all of the ingredients together then pour into prepared pie crust. 

Bake for 40 minutes or until knife inserted and comes out clean.

The pie filling looks more runny when you use fresh pumpkin and less orange, but it firms up nicely in the oven. You may need to cook your pie 5-10 minutes extra if using fresh pumpkin.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/13711/homemade-fresh-pumpkin-pie/

 I followed this recipe, but made my own pumpkin.