Pumpkin pie (simple)

Making a pumpkin pie was in my mind for a long time but some how I would pick one up from the grocery store during holidays and my pie baking would be postponed. At first I saw this Libby's famous pumpkin pie recipe on the back of the Nestle evaporated milk tin's label. I saved it like a treasure and bought everything as per list. Baking a pie from scratch would have been more appropriate for blogging, but I thought these kind of convenient groceries would make cooking more easier. I prepared this pie during last year Thanksgiving and it came out very well. This recipe is a keeper for me, as we both enjoyed it very much:) Hope you all like it too!

Pumpkin pie with kulfi icecream.

Semi homemade quick pumpkin pie.

(The following recipe will give 2 pies.But I had only one crust.  So I halved the recipe and made one pie with crust and reserved the remaining mixture for another pie without crust).

Ingredients:
Pumpkin puree - 1 can (15 oz)
Nestle evaporated milk - 1 can (12 fl.oz)
Sugar - 3/4 cup
egg - 2 large
salt - 1/2 tsp
dry ginger powder - 1/2 tsp
powdered cloves - from 3 cloves
cinnamon powder - 1 tsp
crust:
graham cracker pie crust - 2

(or) one 9 inch 4 cup volume deep pie crust.

Method:

Preheat oven to 425 deg F for nearly 15 minutes.

In a large bowl beat the eggs. Mix the pumpkin puree and evaporated milk. 

In a small bowl mix  sugar, spice powders, salt. Add this to the large bowl and mix well.

Pour into ready made pie shells.

Bring down the  temperature to 350° F.

Bake for 40 - 50 minutes or until an inserted knife comes clean.

Check every 10 minutes after 35 minutes.

The next important step is cooling the pie completely. Cool it on wire rack for 2 hours.

Pumpkin pie is ready!

Serving suggestion:

Serve slices of pie with whipped topping or ice cream.

Keep refrigerated till use.

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If using frozen pie crust: Keep it in room temperature for 1 hour to defrost it. Don't microwave.
For 9 inch  pyrex glass deep pie plate: first heat upto 400 deg F for 10  minutes. Then reduce heat to 325 deg F.
Use the above recipe completely to make 1  pie. Bake for 45 - 55 min, checking every 10 minutes after 35 minutes.