Praline Pumpkin Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/3 cup pecans, finely chopped
• 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 (10 inch) unbaked pastry shells
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 (16 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half cream
• additional chopped pecans (optional)

Recipe

• 1 combine the pecans, sugar and butter; press into the bottom of pie shell.
• 2 prick sides of pastry with a fork.
• 3 bake at 450°f for 10 minutes; cool for 5 minutes.
• 4 combine first eight filling ingredients; stir in pumpkin.
• 5 gradually add cream.
• 6 pour into pie shell.
• 7 if desired, sprinkle chopped pecans on top.
• 8 bake at 350°f for 45-50 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 9 cool completely.
• 10 store in the refrigerator.