Light and Spicy Pumpkin Pie Tarts

Submitted by trishypie

"These are so light and delicious, they give a new spin to traditional pumpkin pie! These are great to bring to potlucks and parties. They are a real eye catcher with a dollop of whipped cream on top. The batter can also be poured into a 9 inch pie shell rather than the tart shells."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 36 tarts

ingredients

• 2 eggs (lightly beaten)
• 1 (14 ounce) can pumpkin (398 ml)
• 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger paste
• 1⁄4 teaspoon clove
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup evaporated milk
• 36 frozen tart shells (2 inch size)

directions

1. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients gently with a spatula.
2. Spoon batter into tart shells and place onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for another 30 minutes.
4. Remove immediately from cookie sheet onto cooling racks. Enjoy!

Reviews

[Anonymous]

Made these twice now & they've turned out perfectly each time, and everyone loves them. I did make one small change with the spices, I used pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon with 1/4tsp of ground ginger. Will be making them again for sure.

 

[ishanimr]

Excellent recipe. This is the first time I've made a sweet dish with pumpkin, so was very nervous about the task. I too took the trays out of the oven after 20 minutes as the pastry started to go very brown and the centre looked cooked. (I used store bought pastry.) Thanks a great one to use again.

 

[Debbb]

Delicious! This recipe is absolutely perfect - nice & spicy & smooth & rich! Very easy to make. I only baked for about 20 minutes at 350 because my homemade crust was starting to get really brown. I made these last week to enter in the county fair & I only place 3rd in the "any other variety" tarts category - I definitely should have won first ;)

 

[little_Leanne]

Easily my favorite recipe that I have tried from recipezaar! I am Celiac and have not had pumpkin pie in two years until I tried this! I have made both tarts and pies with this recipe, and I've had compliments everytime I've made it.

 

[fynnie]

very yummy. I made these using the pumpkin pie filling recipe 256585, and they turned out awesome. even my DH who doesn't like pumpkin pie liked these. for the tart shells I used a packaged pie crust, a 3 inch biscuit cutter and fit them into a normal sized muffin tin.