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| Streusel Topped Pumpkin Pie |
Brian: Are you ready? I am so excited for the World Series of Pie, commonly referred to as Thanksgiving. I am also really excited because this has been the 3rd really great recipe we have made in a row. Thanks for the ideas people, and please keep them coming.
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| Rear View of a Slice of Pie |
Angie: I am so excited for Thanksgiving! As you probably know by now, if you follow our blog, family is really important to me. I'm really excited to spend time with everybody as we all share food, and yes... we will be bringing some pies. :) We had planned on a traditional pumpkin pie this week. After having a Facebook conversation with some friends, one of them mentioned this pie and I was completely on board to try it!! This is a great twist on a classic pie. As you might guess, pumpkin is where we begin.
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| Pumpkin... a Key Ingredient in Pumpkin Pie |
Brian: This was actually a pie made primarily by myself and Emilee. You start with the pumpkin, and then you add the sweetened condensed milk.
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| Sweetened Condensed Milk |
Angie: next, you add your egg, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and ginger. We were actually out of ginger, so we substituted pumpkin pie spice for that ingredient. Mix well.
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| Egg and Spices |
Brian: Next pour your pie filling in, and you can have it baking at 425 degrees F, while you prepare your streusel. And the streusel is where we take this pie from good to great!
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| Making the Streusel Topping |
Angie: You combine your brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a bowl. You then cut in the butter with a pastry cutter until it has the texture of coarse crumbs. After that, you add the walnuts to the mixture.
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| Cutting in the Butter |
Brian: Did I mention that I forgot to add the walnuts? Anyway, after your pie has been in the oven for 15 minutes, take it out and add your streusel. I had first tried to use a spoon, but as I watched how much better Emilee was doing by spreading it by hand, I opted for that method as well. Place the pie back in the oven at the reduced heat of 350 degrees for 40 minutes. For our two pies, we ended up in adding an additional 10 minutes, but as always... give it the jiggle test to make sure the pie is set.
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| Streusel Topping Added |
Angie: Wow, we are really hitting on some really good pies recently. If you love pumpkin pie, you have to try this one!!
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| A Little Slice of Heaven |
Brian: I thought this pie was FANTASTIC! The flavor of the pumpkin was tasty in it's own right, and the streusel topping just takes it to another level. Add some whipped topping for a flavor trifecta!
Pie Recipient of the Week
This week our pie recipient was Emilee's teacher Mr. Bradley. Mr. Bradley has been a wonderful teacher and we are lucky enough that he has been the teacher for all three of our children . She was a little nervous about taking it to school and giving it to him in front of her friends. However, he was very gracious and excited about the pie, and gave her a thank you note before the end of the school day.
Recipe
Ingredients
Pumpkin Pie
1 15 ounce Can Pumpkin
1 14 ounce Can Sweetened Condensed Milk (not evaporated milk)
1 Egg
3/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Ground Ginger
1/2 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 Graham Cracker Pie Crust
Streusel Topping
1/4 cup Brown Sugar (firmly packed)
2 tablespoon Flour
2 tablespoon Cold Butter
3/4 cup Walnuts (chopped medium fine)
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
Instructions
Pumpkin Pie
In bowl mix pumpkin, condensed milk, spices, egg, and salt. Blend well and pour into pie shell. Bake at 425 in a preheated oven for 15 minutes. While pie is baking mix streusel topping.
Streusel Topping
In small bowl with a pastry cutter (or 2 knives) blend flour, butter, add brown sugar and cinnamon, blend all until it you have coarse crumbs. Add nuts and mix well.
When pie has baked at 425 for 15 minutes, take out of oven and sprinkle streusel on top, covering evenly. Turn oven down to 350 and place pie back in the oven and bake for 35 - 40 minutes longer until pie is done. Make sure the pie has set and does not jiggle when you move it.
Pie may be served warm or at room temperature.
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