Thanksgiving Food - My New Favorite Pumpkin Pies!!

The 5th and final item

on my Thanksgiving cooking list

was

some yummy pumpkin pies!

 (that you can barely see in this 

picture of my little man,

raiding the Chex Mix 

- and all of the other pictures from the 

Chex Mix post)

I made 3 of them!

One or two of which are 

currently sitting in my outside freezer 

waiting to be eaten!!

For years I have used the recipe 

on the back of the 

Pet Milk can.

Pet Evaporated Milk Pumpkin Pie

but this year,

a sweet friend brought over 

a pie pumpkin

and 

we made some

pumpkin pies one afternoon,

just because...

(post-Halloween, pre-Thanksgiving)

I have always gotten rave reviews

from my Pet Milk pumpkin pies...

but these pies...

the ones that I was introduced to...

I am not sure if it was because it was

straight out of the oven

or what...

but they were INSANE!

And between

me and my 4 youngins

and 

she and her 2 youngins

we ate an entire pie!

Doesn't really sound that impressive

when I put it that way...

8 of us ate an entire pie...

it seemed way more impressive the day it happened.

I am not sure where this originate either,

but it was from a website...

so if I find it,

I will happily give credit,

but for now,

I will name it after

she who introduced me to it!

Sherry's Pumpkin Pie

1 9" deep dish pie crust

1 1/2 c pumpkin (or 1/2 cooked pie pumpkin)

1 1/2 c heavy cream

1/2 c brown sugar

1 tbsp flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ginger

1/4 tsp nutmeg

(or ~2 tsp pumpkin pie spice)

1/2 c corn syrup

3 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

(1)

Preheat oven to 350°.

(2)

Combine flour and brown sugar.

(3)

Add brown sugar mixture & heavy cream to prepared pumpkin.

(4)

Mix in salt & spices.

(5)

Beat in corn syrup with a mixer.

(6)

Add eggs and vanilla - mix some more.

(7)

Pour filling into unbaked pie shell.

(8)

Bake for 50-60 minutes.

*Check after 30 minutes,

it crust is getting brown, loosely top with foil,

then remove for final 10 minutes of cooking

*Pie is done, when inserted knife comes out clean

or

if only the center jiggles when you lightly shake the pie.

(yep, that's a real thing!)

(9)

After pie has cooled slightly,

resist the urge to sit down 

with the entire pie

and a SPOON

and eat by yourself!

*Thanks for introducing this one to us Sherry!!

This was a TOTAL

HIT!!!

Final talley from 

what I personally cooked for

our Thankgiving feast this year!

HITS - 3

Turkey

Pumpkin Pies

Chex Mix

MISSES - 2

Upside Down Pecan Pie

Butter Pecan Cake

Totally counts as a win to me!