Recipe Monday - Pumpkin Pie

I made my first pumpkin pie over the weekend, and it was a smashing success. The best pumpkin pie I've ever eaten, and I don't even like pumpkin pie.

9 inch pie crust
Pumpkin puree, 1 can(15 oz)
Condensed milk, 1 can (14 oz)
Eggs, 2 nos.
Ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon
Ground ginger, 1/2 teaspoon
Ground nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon
Salt, 1/2 teaspoon

Pumpkin Spice, 1/2 teaspoon

To make the crust:

I used 1 1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs mixed with three tablespoons of sugar and 1/3 cup of butter.

I baked it at 350 for 8 minutes.

To make the pie:

1. Pre heat the oven to 425 F
2. Whisk together pumpkin puree and condensed milk, add the spices, salt and also beat in the eggs and mix well till they form a smooth mixture. 
3. Pour this mixture into the pie crust and bake for 15 minutes.
4. Now reduce the oven temperature and continue to bake for another 30-40 minutes or until the fork inserted comes out clean.
5. Let them cool. Serve it with dollop of whipped cream or as desired.

To make the whipped cream:

I mixed a cup of heavy cream with 1/3 cup of confectioner's sugar and beat until fluffy.

 

Recipe Monday - Traditional Apple Pie

(Now, keep in mind, my pie looks like this because I'm bad at fitting top crusts, and my husband turned the oven off halfway through baking, by accident. Yours will look much better. This is the best-tasting apple pie recipe I've made.)

5 Tart Peeled Apples

1 Cup Sugar

2 Tablespoons Flour

1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon

1/4 Teaspoon Salt

1 Tablespoon Cider Vinegar

1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice

Slice your apples.

Mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt and vinegar in a large bowl.

Mix the apples in with the rest of the ingredients.

Shape your pie crust into the bottom of the pie tin. (Any crust recipe you like. I use the just-add-water kind because I think it tastes just as good, but next time I'm going to try to make my own.) Poke holes in it with a fork.

Put the apples in the pie. Top with some butter.

Roll out the rest of the pie crust and top it. (Here's where I failed. Not enough dough left, but almost.)

Bake the pie at 400 degrees for about an hour. Voila!