Bourbon Pumpkin Pie

Submitted by Lucky.Wife

"Recipe from a local newspaper called the Tennesseean."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 pastry for single-crust pie

• Filling

• 2 cups pumpkin puree
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3⁄4 cup heavy cream
• 3⁄4 cup whole milk
• 2 tablespoons Bourbon or 2 tablespoons rum
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• sweetened whipped cream, to serve

directions

1. To make the filling, in a large glass bowl whisk together the pumpkin, sugar, and eggs.
2. Then whisk in cream, milk, bourbon, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt.
3. Pour into pie shell.
4. Bake until filling is set at the edges and a knife inserted near the center comes out clean, 40-50 minutes.
5. Cool on a wire rack before serving at room temperature.

Reviews

[Nancy G.]

I got this recipe out of a newspaper, too, and made it for Thanksgiving. It really did not go over well. It baked up very grainy and did not look appetizing at all. I made as posted but would not make again in the future. I wish I could rate this higher as I love cooking with bourbon.