Butter Pie Crust
3 cups flour plus 1 tsp salt
2 sticks butter (cold)
1 egg
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 cup very cold water
Cut butter into flour, then crumble with hands.
Beat up the egg, add vinegar, then water.
Moisten flour with liquid very gently. Do not overwork.
Wrap in plastic and cool in refrigerator.
Roll out for pie crust and press into a pie pan
Filling
¾ cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
¼ tsp ground cloves
2 eggs
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin
(Libby’s or any that has only
one ingredient: “pumpkin”)
1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk
1 unbaked pie shell
MIX sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves in a small bowl. Beat eggs in a large bowl. Stir in pumpkin and sugar-spice mixture. Gradually stir in evaporated milk.
POUR into pie shell.
BAKE in preheated 425 degree oven for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake 40-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 2 hours. Serve immediately or refrigerate.
Uncle Michael found the Pumpkin Troll right about the time that Allison, who had been into trolls for years, seemed like she was growing out of them. So Michael and Irene had the little fellow around for years. Somehow he ended up at Grandma’s house. And of course Grandma has been really into digital photography for years, and that troll wanted his portrait taken. But he’s really very, very small. He had to stand on the salt shaker just to get up close enough to the camera to show Allison his most excellent pumpkin. He must know she really likes pumpkin pie!
