Home Made Pumpkin Pie

It was really pretty easy and taste DELICIOUS!!  If I can do it anyone can.
The only thing we did different was that we did not make our own crust & we didn't make the streusel topping.  We probably should have made our own crust as we burned ours, but the pumpkin filling was still delicious.

Below is the recipe:

Compliments of Jamie Ford
Serves:	8-10
Prep Time:	1 hr. 40 min.
Cooking Time:
Bake Time:	1 hr.

Ingredients

	Pie Crust
1-1/3 cups	all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp.	salt
1/2 cup	all-purpose shortening
3 Tbsp.	ice water
	Macadamia Streusel Toppping
1/4 cup	chopped Macadamia nuts
1/4 cup	brown sugar
1 Tbsp.	melted butter
	Pie Filling
2 cups	Cinderella or your favorite cooking pumpkin — baked and puréed (see directions)
2/3 to 3/4 cup	sugar
1/2 tsp.	salt
1-1/4 tsp.	ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp.	ground cloves
1/2 tsp.	ground ginger
2 large	eggs — lightly beaten
12 oz. can	evaporated milk

Directions

To bake the pumpkin(s), preheat oven to 350°F. Wash pumpkin(s), cut in half and scoop out seeds. Place cut-side down in a roasting pan with approximately 1 inch of water. Roast for about 1 hour or until flesh is tender. Allow to cool slightly and then scoop pumpkin flesh from shells. Purée flesh in food processor. Pour purée into a strainer lined with a coffee filter. Set over a bowl for 30 minutes to drain remaining water.

Increase oven temperature to 400ºF. To make pie crust, combine flour and salt in a large bowl and cut in shortening until coarse crumbs form. Add ice water 1 tablespoon at a time while forming dough into a ball with your hands. Chill for 15-20 minutes. Let dough sit at room temperature for 5 minutes. Roll a 10-inch dough circle on a floured surface. Transfer to 9-inch pie pan and flute edges. Set aside.

To make the pie filling, combine sugar, salt and spices in a small bowl. In a larger bowl, beat eggs and stir in puréed pumpkin and sugar/spice mixture. Slowly stir in evaporated milk and mix well. Pour into pie shell and bake for about 1 hour. Meanwhile, combine ingredients for the streusel topping in a small bowl, then sprinkle on top of pie during the last 5 minutes of baking. You know the pie is done when a small knife tip inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool pie to room temperature (approximately 2 to 2-1/2 hours) before serving. Serve with fresh whipped cream. Refrigerate any leftovers as if!