Thanksgiving Can Only Happen With Pumpkin Pie

The past couple of weeks I’ve been crazy busy with just pies! The only three kinds I’ve been doing though is Pumpkin, Apple and Sweet Potato for Thanksgiving. I did my first draw on my baking site and that was really fun and now I’m looking forward to doing another one closer to Christmas.

Pumpkin Pie was never a favorite of mine but I found a recipe that I really like! I wrote it down many many moons ago from a co-worker of mine and it was lost in among all my other recipes that I never used. I was a recipe hoarder with all these hopes and intentions but no guidance no clue! I was going through all those wonderful recipes one day when I was tired of the mess (I made a decision to become a minimalist and I was on a mission to do it in less than a week…until I realized how much work it was when no one else was on board haha). So I found this recipe and remembered all the delicious things she used to make and it once again stayed 🙂 That recipe box is almost empty now because I realized it’s not about glitz, glamour and expensive ingredients, the love of cooking comes to me only when it’s quick, simple and pretty traditional. I’m all about simplicity (for most things anyway but I am woman and simplicity doesn’t always come easily LOL!)

Enough chit chat already!

This recipe calls for canned pumpkin which I have never used so I just replaced it with thawed pumpkin from my freezer.

• 1 1/2 cups (1/2 can) cooked pumpkin
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup evaporated milk

Mix all ingredients together until well blended. Add milk and mix. Pour into pie shell. Bake ant 425 for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350, bake for 30 minutes or until knife inserted in centre comes out clean. 

So simple! So quick! So delicious! And of course, pumpkin pie is always better the second day and served with whipped cream!

What are your plans for Thanksgiving? I always make a big deal out of this holiday because of a few different reasons. I have beautiful memories of Thanksgiving supper at my Grandparents house growing up, I always felt safe and protected there. My Mom’s birthday is the 11th and I do it to celebrate her life and remember and honor her. And lastly, I always make a public invite for anyone who doesn’t have family to spend it with or anywhere to go. Anyone and everyone is welcome at my door. Having people around during a holiday is sometimes the way some of us can get through these and I always had that safe place so I want to keep that going. It’s my way of letting people know that they are important and loved even if I don’t know you, you are loved and special. There are a couple who aren’t comfortable with coming so I’ll be packing up a heaping plate full for each of them and they will be getting it delivered to their door!

Hope you have a great Thanksgiving weekend!

Ang