Full Disclosure: I have never really liked pumpkin pie. I don't dislike it, but I've never thought it was good enough to bother eating. So having pumpkin pie as the next recipe following yesterday's tomato pie failure made me anxious to get it over with first thing this morning.
Spoiler alert: It turns out amazing!
This was very neat and simple. Slightly beat two eggs. Add some canned pumpkin. The recipe calls for white and brown Sugar Twin, which isn't available many places (anywhere?) these days. But Splenda is plentiful. I assume that meets the sugar substitute requirements for a diabetic, but I'm no expert. Add some good spices, like cloves, cinnamon, and ginger, and a can of condensed skim milk. Mix and pour into one of those frozen pie crusts. I filled to the top of the crust and had some extra, which could be because I used more pumpkin than called for to empty the can.
It was pretty runny, which made me nervous. But after baking 15 minutes very hot and then another 45 at a lower temperature, it came out as expected.
It's a beautiful pie. I waited for it to cool slightly and cut myself a miniature piece. (Even if I don't like pumpkin pie, I know what it's supposed to taste like.) What a surprise - it's delicious!
Spoiler alert: It turns out amazing!
This was very neat and simple. Slightly beat two eggs. Add some canned pumpkin. The recipe calls for white and brown Sugar Twin, which isn't available many places (anywhere?) these days. But Splenda is plentiful. I assume that meets the sugar substitute requirements for a diabetic, but I'm no expert. Add some good spices, like cloves, cinnamon, and ginger, and a can of condensed skim milk. Mix and pour into one of those frozen pie crusts. I filled to the top of the crust and had some extra, which could be because I used more pumpkin than called for to empty the can.
It was pretty runny, which made me nervous. But after baking 15 minutes very hot and then another 45 at a lower temperature, it came out as expected.
It's a beautiful pie. I waited for it to cool slightly and cut myself a miniature piece. (Even if I don't like pumpkin pie, I know what it's supposed to taste like.) What a surprise - it's delicious!
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