Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Emily's REAL Pumpkin Pie
Bake Pumpkin at 400F for an hour or until tender.
Bake pie at 400F 15min
375 for 30min
Pie should be solid and be clean when pricked.
Crusts
Regular fast and easy to make pie crust
Mix together flour and salt. Cut in shortening with pastry cutter until mixture is crumbly and forms ball when squeezed together with hands.
Using a fork, toss mixture around while adding cold water slowly. Add more water if needed. Mixture should form ball and stick together but not be too sticky.
Roll out and fit in pie pan.
Makes 2 shells.
Nut Crust
- 1 1/4 C Sugar
- 1 pie pumpkin cooked or 3 cups
- 1/2 tsp ginger ground
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1-2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp all spice
- 1 Tbsp Molasses
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp flour
- 1 tsp cornstarch
Bake pie at 400F 15min
375 for 30min
Pie should be solid and be clean when pricked.
Crusts
Regular fast and easy to make pie crust
- 2 1/2 C flour
- 1 C lard or crisco
- 1 tsp salt
- 7 Tbsp cold water
Mix together flour and salt. Cut in shortening with pastry cutter until mixture is crumbly and forms ball when squeezed together with hands.
Using a fork, toss mixture around while adding cold water slowly. Add more water if needed. Mixture should form ball and stick together but not be too sticky.
Roll out and fit in pie pan.
Makes 2 shells.
Nut Crust
- 1 1/2 C finely chopped nuts
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar or 1 Tbsp honey
- 2 Tbsp butter or margarine
- 1 1/2 C pecans or walnuts
- 8 pitted dates
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 2 Tbsp water
- 1 1/4 C finely ground gingersnap cookies crumbs (about 25 cookies ground in processor)
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp minced crystallized ginger
- 5 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
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are your pies completly organic? Do you know of any bakeries that make and sell organic pies? I am doing a friends wedding and she want pies instead of cake, but since everything is eco friendly i am having a hard time finding someone within the GTA or surrounding area that does pies. Can u please get back to me. thnx
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