Simple Pumpkin Pie Recipes - 3 simple easy recipes

One has to wonder what simple pumpkin pie recipes the Pilgrims used for their first Thanksgiving feast in 1621? I read somewhere that they probably poured milk, honey, and spices inside the pumpkin, and it came out more like pudding than the custard-like fillings that we are used to.

The word pumpkin comes from the word pepon, Greek for “large melon.” The French modified this word to pompon, and the British changed to pompion. American colonists modified that to the word we use today, “pumpkin.” The origin of the pumpkin isn’t known, but pumpkins are thought to have originated in North America. Pumpkin seeds have been found in Mexico dating as far back as 7,000B.C

Pumpkins weigh roughly 9–18 lbs with the largest capable of reaching weights of over 75 lbs. Pumpkins vary greatly in size and shape, ranging from oblate through oblong.

Simple pumpkin pie recipes

Recipe # 1

INGREDIENTS

3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1 1/4 cups evaporated milk or half and half
2 eggs, beaten
1 Pillsbury® Pet-Ritz® frozen deep-dish pie crust

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 425°F. In large bowl, mix filling ingredients. Pour into pie crust.

2. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F; bake 40 to 50 minutes longer or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 2 hours. Serve or refrigerate until serving time. Store in refrigerator.

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Recipe # 2

1 lg. pkg. Jello vanilla pudding mix
3 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 (13 oz.) can evaporated milk
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 c. canned pumpkin
Baked 9" (deep) pie shell, cooled

Combine all ingredients. Cook in saucepan over medium heat, stirring until mixture comes to a full rolling boil. Remove from heat. Cool 5 minutes, stirring twice. Pour into shell. Chill for at least 4 hours. Serve with whipped topping. Add chopped nuts if desired.

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Simple pumpkin pie recipe # 3

Bisquick Simple Pumpkin Pie Recipe!

1 cup canned pumpkin (do not use pumpkin pie mix)
1/2 cup Original Bisquick® mix
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup evaporated milk
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs

Heat your oven to 350 degrees F, while greasing a 9 inch pie pan.

Stir together all ingredients until well blended and then pour mixture into pie pan.

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until knife inserted in the middle of pie comes out clean. Let pie cool for about a half hour and then refrigerate for 3 hours. Serve pie with or without whipped topping. When storing, keep covered and in the refrigerator. This recipe will yield 6 servings. Simple pumpkin pie recipes.

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Pumpkin Trivia:

Pumpkins are a world-wide crop being grown everywhere but Antarctica. They are grown not only for use in simple pumpkin pie recipes, but for animal feed, and ornamental sales. The traditional American pumpkin is the Connecticut Field variety. The biggest international producers of pumpkins include the United States, Mexico, India, and China. The pumpkin capital of the world is Morton, Illinois

Pumpkin seeds

Pumpkin seeds are small, flat, green, and they are edible. Most pumpkin seeds are covered by a white husk, although some pumpkin varieties produce seeds without them. Pumpkin seeds are a popular snack that can be found in grocery stores. Roasting pumpkin seeds can be a Halloween treat. Pumpkin seeds are nutritious and are a good source of protein, zinc, and other vitamins.

Pumpkin-seed oil

Pumpkin-seed oil is thick, green oil produced from roasted pumpkin seeds. When used for cooking or as a salad dressing, it’s usually mixed with other oils because of its strong flavor.It is used for cooking oil in central and eastern Europe.