Sunday, November 4, 2007

Holiday Recipe--Perfect Pumpkin Pie with Streusel Topping

Perfect Pumpkin Pie with Streusel Topping

1 15 oz. Can pumpkin
1 14 oz sweetened Condensed Milk (Not evaporated milk)
2 eggs, separated
1 tsp. Cinnamon
½ tsp. Ginger
½ tsp Nutmeg
1 9 inch unbaked pastry shell
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients, except egg whites, mix well. (spices may be replaced with pumpkin pie spice of equal total amount.) Whip egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into pumpkin mix.
Pour into prepared pastry shell.
Bake 15 minutes.
During this 15 minutes, mix 2 TBS. Flour, ¼ cup packed brown sugar. Cut in 1 tbs. Chilled butter with pastry cutter. Stir in 1 cup chopped walnuts.
When, it is time to reduce oven temp..spread streusel topping on top and….
Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Continue baking 35 to 40 minutes.
Until knife inserted 1 inch from edge comes out clean. Cool.
Store in refrigerator, covered.

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