Pumpkin Surprise Pie

"From Family Circle 10/07, this has a surprise sublayer of cream cheese."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 20mins
Ingredients:
12
Yields:
1 pie
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat oven to 400 degrees. Fit 1 pie crust into a 9" pie plate and crimp edges. Refrigerate until ready to fill. Unroll second crust. Using a 1" star cookie cutter, cut out 50 stars; place on baking sheet and refrigerate until ready to use.
  • Cream cheese layer: In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and egg until smooth. Spread evenly into bottom of pie crust.
  • Pumpkin layer: In a large bowl, beat pumpkin puree, milk, brown sugar, eggs, pie spice and salt until smooth. Using a ladle, gently spoon pumpkin mixture over cream cheese mixture.
  • Brush edge of pie with egg-water was. Overlap pastry stars around edge. Brush stars lightly with egg-water wash. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Cover edges with foil, reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for and additional 45 minutes.
  • Cool pie completely on rack. Refrigerate until completely chilled. Before slicing, leave out for 30 minutes.

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Reviews

  1. this is really winderful and a great change. My In-Laws request it every year
     
  2. My crust burned (I did not do the ring of stars around the edge), and the flavor of the cheesecake/pumpkin pie layers were just okay.
     
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