Date Nut Pumpkin Pie
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
- 1 single crust pastry dough (9-inch)
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DATE-NUT LAYER
- 1 (8 ounce) package pitted dates, chopped
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 1⁄3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1⁄3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
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FILLING
- 2 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups mashed cooked pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling) or 1 1/2 cups canned solid pack pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
- 1 (270 ml) can evaporated milk
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon clove
directions
- Heat oven to 450°F.
- DATE-NUT LAYER: In a medium saucepan combine dates and water; cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil and dates have softened.
- Add 1/3 cup brown sugar and butter. Stir to blend. Remove from heat.
- Stir in nuts and cinnamon. Cool while preparing filling.
- FILLING: In a medium bowl, beat lightly, add pumpkin, evaportaed milk, granulated sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, salt and cloves. Stir to blend.
- Spoon date-nut mixture into unbaked pie crust. Pour in filling.
- Bake at 450F for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F Bake 45-50 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool to room temerature before serving.
- GARNISH: Spoon whipped cream around outer edge of pie just before serving. Refrigerate leftover pie.
- Flute edge or cut small leaves and pumpkins from pastry scraps and press around edge of unbaked pie crust.
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