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Best pumpkin pie homemade crust recipe

Best pumpkin pie and homemade crust recipe

I love the pumpkin filling because it is creamy and very flavorful with cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and a little nutmeg.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 slices
Calories 316 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • PUMPKIN PIE FILLING RECIPE
  • 1 15 ounce can Libby’s pumpkin
  • 12 ounces evaporated milk
  • 3/4 C white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp of salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg

Homemade crust recipe

  • 1 1/4 C flour
  • 1/4 C cold buter
  • 1/4 C cold Crisco
  • pinch salt
  • 1-2 Tbsp Ice cold water

Instructions
 

  • Add pumpkin, canned evaporated milk and eggs into kitchen aid and mix for a few minutes.
  • Add the sugar, salt and spices.
  • Mix well scrapping down the sides of the bowl to make sure any spices that stuck to the sides of the bowl are completely mixed into the batter.
  • Pour your pumpkin pie filling into the pie crust.
  • Place filled pie crust on a cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 425 for 15 minutes then turn down oven to 350 degrees and bake for 35 min or until knife inserted into middle of pie comes out clean.
  • Let cool for 1-2 hours.
  • Top with whipped cream

Pie dough

  • Place the flour into the work bowl of your food processor.
    Cut the butter into pieces and place into the work bowl.
    Add in the crisco. Pulse a few times until the butter and crisco are incorporated.While the food processor is running.
    Add in ! tablespoon at a time of ice cold water through the feeding tube. Run the machine just until the dough barely starts to come together.
    Gather the dough together and form a ball. Wrap in cellophane and refrigerate for 15 min or longer.
    Roll the dough out on a floured surface.
    Place dough into pie tin.
Keyword apple crostata, pumpkin pie