Homemade Fresh Pumpkin Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh pumpkin, cooked and mashed (not carving pumpkins for halloween)
• 12 ounces evaporated milk
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup cold water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400.
• 2 halve poumpkin and scoop out seeds and stringy portions. cut pumpkin into chunks. in saucepan over medium heat, in 1-inch of boiling water heat the pumpkin to a boil. reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until tender. drain, cool and remove the peel.
• 3 return pumpkin to the saucepan and mash with a potato masher. drain well.
• 4 prepare crusts by mixing together bthe flour and salt. cut shortening into flour, add 1 tablespoon water to mixture at a time. mix dough and repeat until dough is moist enough to hold together.
• 5 with lightly floured hands shape dough into a ball. on a lightly floured board roll dough out to 1/8-inch thickness. with a sharp knife, cut dough 1 1/2-inch larger than the upside down 8-9-inch pie pan. gently roll the dough around the rolling pin and transfer it right side up on to the pie pan.
• 6 in a large bowl with mixer speed on medium, beat pumpkin with evaporated milk, eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt. mix well. pour into a prepared crust. bake 40 minutes or until when a knife is inserted 1-inch from the edge comes out clean.