My Gram made the best Pumpkin Pie anyone’s ever had! Thanksgiving dinner was never complete without a wonderful piece of her pie topped off with whipped cream. Her Butter Tarts were also one of her most well-known homemade treats…basically, anything with pastry, she was a master at baking!
Sadly, this will be our first Thanksgiving without her, so I am going to begin the tradition of making her pie for our family, just as I have made my other Grandmother’s Christmas Pudding every year in her memory.
I know I won’t be able to make Grams pie as well as she did (no one can) but I’m going to give it my best shot. Here is Gram’s Pumpkin Pie recipe. It is so creamy and perfectly spiced. I hope you enjoy it!
Gram’s Pumpkin Pie
Preheat oven to 350. Beat 4 eggs. Add 2 scant Cups of white sugar and mix well. Add 2 cups milk. Add 1 large 28oz can of pureed pumpkin. Add 1/2 tsp ginger, 1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp nutmeg. Add 2 TBSP margarine and a pinch of salt. Blend well! This will be enough filling for two pies.
Gram’s Pastry
2 C. flour
3/4 C. shortening
a shake of salt
enough cold water (in other words, a little bit I suppose?)
Use a pastry blender to mix. Rolls out easier if chilled.
Try not to handle the dough much.
Pour into unbaked pie shells and bake about 1 hour. Around edges cracks will appear when the pie is done. This will make 2 single pie crusts.
I used to think my mom made the best pumpkin pie. Then a few years ago I asked her for the recipe and she told me she just used the one on the back of the can of pumpkin! 😛 I’ve been asked to bring 2 pies to Thanksgiving this year, so I might just try your recipe!
(btw, your menu is way off to the left on my 1680×1050 screen – not so bad on the 1280×1024 though)
So glad you have honoured your Gram in this way. She baked up until the last few months of her life, and it’s true that her pies were especially good. Now if only we can manage her sponge jello!
Gram’s SPonge Jello will have a special place here this Christmas! It was good..I wonder why we can’t make it so well?
Gram’s Sponge Jello will have a special place here this Christmas! It was so good..I wonder why we can’t make it as well?!?
if you wanna hint, if you put ice in the water that you use for the pastry, it will flake up more when you bake it. also, i remember gram’s butter tarts. dee lish us. yup.
also, another christmas tradition with the family – wearing reindeer and swans in our hair!!!
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The pie was a hit! Everyone wants me to make it again!
I always used brown Ugarit in my pumpkin but can try this ome.
For pastry I have a food processor and it makes the pastry amazing no touching or as little as possible and it definitely needs a rest between mixing. And making