pumpkin pie

Mom’s recipe for pumpkin pie filling, enjoy!

1 cup sugar

1 ½ tsp. cinnamon

½ tsp. cloves

½ tsp. allspice

½ tsp. nutmeg

½ tsp. ginger

½ tsp salt

2 eggs

1 2/3 cup (large can) evaporated milk

1 ½ cups canned pumpkin

9” pie crust (unbaked)

Blend sugar, spices and salt together. Beat eggs with evaporated milk and combine with sugar and spices and pumpkin till smooth. Pour into pie shell. Bake in hot oven (425 degrees) 15 minutes. Reduce heat to moderate (350 degrees). Continue baking 40 minutes or until a cold knife inserted in pie comes out clean. Just as the pie comes out of the oven sprinkle a little sugar on the top. Cool before slicing. (You can use sweet potatoes instead of pumpkin.)