The BEST Pumpkin Pie

 Good morning, evening, afternoon, whenever you are reading this!  I am typing it in the morning! 

We had our family Thanksgiving last Saturday night.  What great food, great company and a hefty helping of laughter to go with it.  However, after all of that, there was PIE.  Oh, was there PIE!  

So I have a couple, or 4 maybe 6 sisters who can bake their hineys off!  I mean seriously, straight from a bakery tasting baked goods.  My sister Peg was in charge of the pies, and her pumpkin pie was amazing enough that with ALL the pumpkin pie recipes out there, I still wanted to share it.  Not sure if it is just a recipe she got somewhere.

I am going to stop talking and get to sharing, there aren't many days before Thanksgiving and I want  you to have a chance to make this one!  I used fresh, homemade pumpkin puree.  Please, feel free to use pumpkin PUREE from the store, if you choose!

You will need one pie crust if you are using a deep dish pie plate.  If you have a regular one, like I do, these will make 2 pies.  Blind bake your pie crust at 425 degrees for approx. 15-20 minutes. Remove and cool!

SET OVEN TEMP TO 375 degrees F, this is the temp you will need to bake the pie at.

You will need:

2 cups pumpkin puree

3 eggs

1 cup heavy whipping cream

1/4 cup milk

MIX THESE WET INGREDIENTS TOGETHER.

IN A SEPERATE BOWL MIX ALL DRY INGREDIENTS BELOW

TOGETHER!

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1 T  cornstarch

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

3/4 T pumpkin pie spice

Now combine the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk until completely combined.  You can also use your hand mixer or stand mixer. When completely combined, place into pie shell.  I suggest you put the pie crust on a cookie sheet to catch any drips.  Bake for 50 minutes, and start checking.  Using a butter knife, check the pie for doneness.  If it comes out fairly clean but the pie is a WEE BIT jiggly like Santa's belly, take it out, it will carry over cook and set as it cools!

Don't forget the fresh whipped cream!

ENJOY and HAPPY THANKSGIVING from our house to yours!

Simple Apple Crostata

 Good Evening!  I hope you are all well, healthy, happy and all the good things!  The holiday season is in full  force around here.  Blogging and YouTube are like retail you have to be 2 seasons ahead of the game!

December will bring you TONS of cookie and crafting videos!  Don't miss it, make sure you are subscribed to my YouTube Channel HERE!

I wanted to give you a little somethin' somethin' new for Thanksgiving.  It is super easy kind of "apple pie-ish" dessert.  Make it ahead, use homemade pie crust or don't, but this is so easy, it takes the same amount of time to whip out 2 as it does one!  If you don't need 2, freeze one for a quick dessert when you need one.  We all need dessert, let's just be honest about that!

Now a crostata is basically an open faced pie.  It usually has a lattice top, but who has time for all that, unless you want to?  If I wanted to do all the fancy stuff I would just stick with the pie version.  I mean you do you, but, I, did me this way!

Let's get to it.  Life is busy and to much chatter just keeps you on my website, looking at all of my recipes, oh wait....

For the crust you can buy store bought, or here is my EASY EASY, you can't fail pie crust recipe and it is SO good! PIE CRUST RECIPE

Here is what you need:

4 cups of peeled, and sliced apples.  I used MacIntosh

1/4 cup brown sugar *if you add more, nobody will know*

1 tsp cinnamon

1 TBSP cornstarch

1 egg, whisked

granulated sugar to sprinkle on the crust

Mix this all together in a bowl, making sure everything is coated well.  If you made a homemade crust, it will make 2 crusts.  Either half the recipe or keep that one in the freezer for later use.  Roll it out evenly.  Place your apple mixture in the middle leaving about a 2 inch border.  Now, fold the sides up over the apples.  So how easy?  Beat an egg and brush the curst and sprinkle some sugar on it.  Bake at 400 degrees for about 30-45 minutes.  When you crust is done, the crostata is done.  Depends on the thickness of your crust and so....just start checking when you can smell it!

Don't forget the ice cream scoop on top!  Maybe even a drizzle of caramel!  Lord give me strength!

ENJOY!