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The Perfect Pumpkin pie
Crust
Combine the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Pulse a few times to combine.
Add cold butter and shortening.
Pulse until the mixture is crumbly with lots of chickpea-size clumps of butter and shortening within. These chunks of fat will steam as the dough cooks, creating a tender and flaky crust.
Gradually add the ice cold water to the dough, pulsing until the dough is just moistened. It won’t come together into a mass; it will be very crumbly. That’s what you want.
Dump the crumbly dough out onto a work surface. It will seem all wrong but don’t worry, it will come together.
Gather it into a crumbly ball.
And shape it into a disc about 4-inches wide and wrap in plastic.
Refrigerate for at least 45 minutes — this allows the gluten to rest, which makes a tender dough less prone to shrinkage.
Dust a work surface with flour and roll the dough into a 14-inch circle, dusting with more flour as necessary so it doesn’t stick. It will have a marbled appearance — that’s good!
Drape the dough over the rolling pin and transfer it to the pie pan.
Fit it into the pie pan, easing it inwards rather than stretching it outwards.
Patch any tears, then trim the edges to about 1/2-inch beyond the lip of the dish.
Fold the dough under itself along the rim, building it up.
Next, press the edges down against the rim — this will help the crust stay put as it bakes. Otherwise, it’s prone to slip down the edges of the dish, especially if you use a glass or ceramic pie pan.
Crimp the edges with your fingers or press with the tines of a fork.
Place the crust in the freezer to chill while you preheat the oven. As I mentioned above, it’s important to “blind bake” your crust before filling it, otherwise the wet filling prevents the bottom of the crust from cooking, leaving you with a raw, doughy bottom crust.
To blind bake the crust, cover it with a sheet of parchment paper and fill it halfway with dried beans or pie weights. This will hold the crust in place and prevent shrinkage. Cook for 25 minutes until the crust is set. Remove the parchment and beans, then tent the edges with strips of aluminum foil to prevent them from browning too much.
Bake for another 20 minutes, until the crust is golden and completely cooked. This is long compared to most recipes but the crust won’t cook any more once you add the filling, so it’s important to make sure it’s flaky and crisp.
While the crust finishes cooking, make the filling by combining all of the ingredients in a large bowl.
Now the filling!!
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin (about 2 cups)
1 large egg
3 large eggs yolks
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1-1/4 cups evaporated milk
Whisk until smooth.
Add the filling to the cooked crust.
Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until just set — it should look dry around the edges and set in the center, but if you nudge the pan, the center should jiggle slightly.The pie will look a little puffed when it comes out of the oven, but it will settle as it cools. Let cool to room temperature before slicing. Enjoy!
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LiliD85
Username checks out. Also, +1 for high quality photos and recipe.
brizzle4202624
Bless your fucking heart. I fucking love pumpkin pie.
biapietje
View of the cross section?
chocomallow
First step with making my pumpkin pie filling is to slow cook the canned pumpkin. Less water = stronger pumpkin flavor in finished product.
naMretupmoC
You went through all that work with the crust to just use CANNED PUMPKIN?!? Heretical Plebeian!
thefuzziestofbutts
Good tip that has worked for me: freeze your butter and grate it while frozen. The cooler the butter, the more flaky the crust.
JewishMonk
I prefer to use butternut squash instead of pumpkin. It's not a pumpkin pie anymore, but it's a lot more flavorful.
brizzle4202624
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veebeehammer
Is it vegan though? I only eat vegan.
manquistador
Or just go to Costco and pay $5-6 for a 3 pound pie
SlickerThanNick
DUDE!! MAKE THIS PIE! YOU LOVE PUMPKIN PIE! FAVORITE IT AND MAKE IT YOU FOOL!! (me now to me in the future)
Cholf
Ive got about 8 pounds of fresh pumpkin puree, and said fuck pies. Im making fudge.
leonaleelady
I would love your recipe!!
JiveTian
ladygry05
Lmao love this
CubsWin2016
Wonderful job OP! Your recipe is now on my Thanksgiving to-do list. Thanks!!
gerdygerdygerdy
Cold butter and shortening crust is the best ever. However I recommend cream cheese as an additive in your filling, much better pie. Also
gerdygerdygerdy
Let the mixture sit in the fridge for a day after mixing because the flavors meld together better and come out tasting like honey.
CubsWin2016
Great tip Gerdy!
OldAceMerrillUsesDynamite
European here. I made pumpkin pie once. Barely made it through one small slice, it's so incredibly sweet!
bunnyrut
mine are never that sweet. maybe you should try sweet potato pie instead
pizzaparty
I would recommend you not try pecan pie, then.
Flyndaran
Pumpkin doesn't have sweetness. You added too much sugar. The first batch is always a test before you learn how to adjust the recipe.
OldAceMerrillUsesDynamite
Yeah I know pumpkin isn't sweet. Aren't recipes meant to be followed? I figured it's meant to be sweet since muricans are really into sugar.
Copperbrat
Can I substitute lard for shortening? I don't care how tender shortening makes a crust. I won't eat that shit any more. It's pure poison.
pizzaparty
Yes, you can substitute lard or tallow. I'm with you on this; shortening is some frankenfood bullshit.
margaretolson
I only use butter in my crusts and it's delish.
Copperbrat
Me too. Sacrificed a bit of the "tender", but they're still flakey.
margaretolson
Solidarity! I also find shortening disgusting. My friend made a crust with only shortening and it was awful!!
30mg
I could not tell the difference between canned (100% pumpkin) and fresh. I've also used other squashes and they taste just as good.
Flyndaran
Acorn is very mild, but butternut blows my blood sugar up. Artificially sweetened pumpkin is safe though.
aegis27
Nice pie. Although, for me, it's not a pumpkin pie without a thick layer of whipped cream and coarse chopped nuts on top.
MechanicalMistress
Honestly the Libby's recipe on the back of the can works wonders. I add three eggs instead of two.
Doodleyduds
That's the recipe we've been using forever. I'm interested in adding another egg though! How does it turn out?
MechanicalMistress
Fluffy as all get out. I like it, buy it's a lot of liquid so I use a deep pie dish.
AdAstra16b
. Saved for awesome pie recipe!
Quirky74747
I suck at making crust. I've always wanted to try the Cook's Illustrated recipe that uses vodka in place of water and see if that helps.
fulminatrix
http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12852-foolproof-pie-dough I've never received so many compliments as I did making this vodka crust.
Quirky74747
That's the one!
samvimesbootstheory
Use fresh cooked pumpkin, do not puree. Simmer with molasses & spices until it thickens. This is from a '40s cookbook & my favorite method.
Flyndaran
Not everyone has entire days to devote to Martha Stewart level of shit. Canned is perfectly fine and tastes the same.
CubsWin2016
Approx how long before it thickens?
samvimesbootstheory
I do 10 minutes minimum, longer on lower heat if I have the time.
Caritien
Why not use a real pumpkin instead of the canned stuff? Even better flavors if done right
Flyndaran
If you start now you might have some by Halloween 2018.
gerdygerdygerdy
I've tested it many ways and I always found the flavor sinilar. The only thing that ever really changed the taste was letting the mixture
gerdygerdygerdy
Sit in the fridge for a day before cooking with it
firedove
Pepper?! Why?
ColossalSquidward
It works! Trust me. Just a small pinch though.
KitsuKuchiki
Whats with all the hate for canned pumpkin? It saves so much time and energy and there's really no difference in flavor... :/
BlastedSand
I agree, I make my Mom's pumpkin bread recipe pretty frequently and have tried both with no noticeable difference.
Doodleyduds
I blame the misconception it's a "mix". Libby's produces canned pumpkin, real deal. They also do a canned mix and it's weird.
Flyndaran
I'm diabetic and make pies from the canned pumpkin. Obviously I couldn't with pre-made mixes or all those additives.
Doodleyduds
I use the canned pumpkin too. The canned pie mix has spices and sugar syrup and other weird additives, but oddly has very similar prep.
Catsnakes4life
@op can you include the measures for crust? Can't wait to try!
tanebou
It's a standard short crust recipe. It's really easy to find them online.
bunnyrut
standard practice of sharing a recipe is to also share the measurements and temperatures.
ColossalSquidward
I made this pie earlier, turned out really nice! For the crust I just made a 2:1 flour to butter pastry. 200g plain flour to 100g butter 1/2
ColossalSquidward
2/2 rub together until crumbly and stir in 25g caster sugar. Add just enough water to bring it together. Knead lightly on a floured surface
ColossalSquidward
Allow to rest in the fridge and voilà!
bunnyrut
temps? every recipe i look up has a different temp to bake with. so what is yours?
AdAstra16b
Hey @Bigolthighsandpumpkinpies can we have the cooking temps already? I'm at the store buying ingredients to make this damn pie!
LaurenK324
Get a sugar pumpkin! Fresh tastes better than canned.
limes360
I second this. Can we please have the baking temps??
harrypothead05
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50Rails
Stolen shamelessly from here http://www.onceuponachef.com/2015/11/perfect-pumpkin-pie.html#tabrecipe Has temps, amounts and time.
IHearRainbows
Thanks!
Druanae
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mediumsizedtittycommittee
I never pre bake the crust, I just preheat to 400-425, bake whole pie for 15 min, reduce to 350 and finish baking
limes360
+1 for user name.
boxersandbluesbrothers
I never knew canned pumpkin was a thing. Sounds weird for a vegetable with a long shelf life.
LanaDelReyy
Yeah I'd rather cook the pumpkin...
fulminatrix
Honestly the difference in flavor is minimal and it's not really worth spending the time on prepping pumpkin when you have a feast to cook.
kiwigirl101
Canned pumpkin even sounds yuck
AzaellexTytalus
Doesn't taste as good but pumpkins are really time consuming and difficult.
boxersandbluesbrothers
If you've gone to all the effort of baking the crust surely cooking up some fresh pumpkin is not that much more effort.
AzaellexTytalus
Oh, it's a heck of a lot of effort and crust is pretty easy. Worth it, IMO but sometimes you just don't have the time or energy.
LaurenK324
It's putting a cut sugar pumpkin in the oven and mashing the shit out of it when it's cooked? It's not that hard man!
AzaellexTytalus
Pumpkin is kinda stringy if you don't strain it properly and, I don't know, maybe the mashing part is just a corner to cut for some people.
FrenchTheLlama2
Canned pumpkin? You barbarian
IrrelevantGILF
It was the first thing l checked for.
MacGyverofAnxiety
THANK YOU. I was about to draft an angry comment. Fuck canned pumpkin
Outdoortoast
Canned pumpkin means every season is pumpkin season.
Menasyng
It doesn't have pumpkin in it, duh.
Outdoortoast
It has another very similar kind of squash, I know. It's not like pumpkin has much flavor to start with, that's why everyone loves 1/
Menasyng
The "duh" was put in to indicate sarcasm. I was playing on the popular belief that it matters at all.
Outdoortoast
"pumpkin spice" no, you love nutmeg and cloves at that point2.2
pizzaparty
Can I just say: Am I the only person in the world who DESPISES pumpkin spice? I love pumpkin, but the lattes are only spice. Disgusting.