Holiday Pumpkin Pie Food

HOLIDAY PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter and shortening until crumbly. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. Wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle., Roll out pastry to fit a metal 9-in. pie pan. Transfer pastry to pie pan. Trim pastry to 1/2 in. beyond edge of plate; flute edges. Line pastry with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 450° for 8 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack., In a large saucepan, heat the cream, milk, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, ginger and cloves until bubbles form around sides of pan. In a small bowl, whisk egg yolks and sugar. Remove cream mixture from the heat; stir a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolk mixture. Return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Stir in pumpkin and vanilla. Pour into pie shell., Bake at 350° for 35-45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., If using a creme brulee torch, sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Heat sugar with the torch until caramelized. If broiling the pie, place pie on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Broil 8 in. from the heat for 4-7 minutes or until sugar is caramelized. Refrigerate leftovers.

NO KNEAD HOLIDAY PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Place pumpkin puree into a large mixing bowl and whisk in 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon warm water, salt, yeast, and pumpkin pie spice until thoroughly combined. Beat in flour to make a dry crumbly dough. Keep stirring until dough becomes smooth and sticky, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Cover bowl with a damp towel and let dough stand 12 to 16 hours to rise.
• Generously sprinkle cornmeal onto center area of a baking sheet. Scrape dough out of bowl, using a floured spatula, onto a heavily floured work surface. Dough will be very sticky. Dust dough with flour and gently flatten into an oblong shape. Fold 2 opposite rounded ends together to meet in the center; fold remaining 2 rounded ends to meet in the center, creating a rectangle of dough. Using well-floured hands, gently form into a round loaf with the seams on the bottom.
• Transfer dough round onto center of prepared baking sheet. Dust top and sides of loaf generously with more flour.
• Dust a dry towel with flour and place towel with floured side down over loaf. Let rise until loaf has almost doubled in size, 1 1/2 hours. Use a sharp knife to cut a 1/2-inch deep slit across the top of the loaf.
• Place a loaf pan containing about 2 inches of water onto a bottom rack of oven. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Bake on center rack of the preheated oven for 30 minutes; turn bread around in oven. Continue to bake until bread is golden brown and crusty, about 20 more minutes. Let bread cool completely on a rack before slicing.

SIMPLE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Combine eggs, pumpkin puree, sweetened condensed milk, and pumpkin pie spice in a large bowl and mix until combined.
• Fit pie crust into a 9-inch pie dish; pour pumpkin mixture into the crust.
• Place pie on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake until filling is set, 35 to 40 minutes.

HOLIDAY PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Position the oven racks so that one rack is in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to convection bake at 350°F.
• Make the pastry and roll it out to line a 9-inch pie pan.
• Measure the brown sugar, salt, pie spice, eggs, pumpkin, and cream into a large bowl. With a whisk, stir all the ingredients together until smooth and well blended.
• Pour the pumpkin mixture into the pie shell. Place the pie into the center of the oven and bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until the pie tests done (see headnote). Remove the pie from the oven and cool on a wire rack. Chill before serving, if desired.

HOLIDAY PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• PREPARE THE FRESH ROASTED PUMPKIN: Preheat oven to 375°F . Slice one medium to large sugar pumpkin carefully in half using a sharp or serrated knife. Scoop out all of the seeds and strings using an ice cream scoop. Season pumpkin flesh with a small pinch of kosher salt. Next, sprinkle lightly with fine granulated sugar. Place pumpkin halves cut-side down in a roasting pan. Fill roasting pan with 1/4 inch water. Place roasting pan with pumpkin on the center rack. Bake for one hour. Allow pumpkin to cool. Raise oven temperature to 425°F . Scoop out pumpkin flesh. Puree pumpkin well in a food processor. Mixture should be the consistency of baby food. Strain mixture through a fine mesh sieve. Transfer to a saucepan and simmer uncovered on stovetop for 10-15 minutes until the consistency of thick canned pumpkin puree. Remove from heat to cool. Measure 1 2/3 cups of puree and set aside.
• PREPARE THE CRUST: Measure 1 cup flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt into bowl of food processor. Process on high for 5 seconds. Grate 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter into small strips and add to flour. Add 2 1/2 tablespoons cold shortening in spoonfuls. Process for 5 seconds. Mix 3 1/2 tablespoons cold ice water with 1 teaspoon white vinegar and pour evenly over mixture. Process on high for 5 seconds. Add remaining 1/2 cup flour. Process high for 5 seconds. Place mixture on flat surface covered with waxed paper. Roughly mold into disc shape. Cover dough with waxed paper and roll just until dough is an evenly thick circle, about 1/8-inch thick or less. Remove top half of waxed paper. Turn dough-side down into 9-inch deep dish pie plate. Peel away remaining waxed paper. Fit dough evenly into pan without pressing too hard in any area. Trim pastry slightly larger than the pan and flute edges if desired (if dough becomes too soft, temper in the freezer for 2 minutes and continue until finished). Lightly move a rolling pin over top surface crust border to give a uniform appearance; Place into freezer for 10 minutes. Remove shell from freezer. Place small, light butter plate over middle of frozen dough. Bake for 15 minutes at 375°F . Remove from oven and remove small plate from center of crust with tongs. Place shell on cooling rack. Reduce oven setting to 350°F .
• PREPARE THE FILLING: In a small bowl, mix the following ingredients until clump-free: 2/3 cup golden brown sugar (loosely packed), 2 1/8 teaspoons Recipe #490865, and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt in a small mixing bowl. Set aside. Beat 2 extra large eggs lightly in a large mixing bowl. Separate an additional extra large egg and beat in reserved egg yolk. Whisk in 1 cup heavy whipping cream, 1/3 cup grade a pure maple syrup, 2 tablespoons dark rum, and 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice. Whisk the dry spice mixture into to the egg mixture. Whisk combined mixture gradually into the pumpkin puree until smooth and thoroughly combined.
• POUR mixture into the prepared pie crust.
• BAKE pie at 350°F for 55-65 minutes, until edges are set and center appears slightly soft (oven temperatures vary, so adjust accordingly). Allow pie to cool completely on a rack, uncovered.
• PREPARE THE TOPPING: Whip 1 1/2 cups whipping cream using an electric mixer on high speed, while gradually adding 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, until cream begins to thicken. Add 1/2 tablespoon dark rum and 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract. Continue whipping until cream is thick, light and fluffy but not overbeaten (you want whipped cream, not butter!).
• TOP THE PIE (OPTION 1): Carefully spread whipped cream on cooled pie using a frosting spatula, leaving crust untouched, decorating in swirls.
• TOP THE PIE (OPTION 2): Cut pie into serving-sized wedges and place onto serving plate(s). Fill a pastry bag with whipped cream. Using a decorator tip, carefully squeeze whipped cream into a swirled dollop onto cooled pie.
• GARNISH whipped topping with a very light dusting of Recipe #490865.
• SLICE, serve and enjoy!

AUTUMN HARVEST PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix first 4 ingredients; cut in butter and shortening until crumbly. Whisk together egg, water and vinegar; gradually add to flour mixture, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Divide dough in half so that 1 portion is slightly larger than the other; shape each into a disk. Wrap; refrigerate 1 hour or overnight., Preheat oven to 425°. On a lightly floured surface, roll larger portion to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond edge of pie plate. Refrigerate until ready to fill., Roll smaller portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter; place some cutouts 1 in. apart on a baking sheet, reserving unbaked cutouts for decorative edge if desired. Bake until golden brown, 8-10 minutes., Meanwhile, beat together filling ingredients until blended; transfer to crust. flute or decorate edge with unbaked cutouts, brushing off flour before pressing lightly onto edge. Bake on a lower oven rack 10 minutes. Cover edge loosely with foil. Reduce oven setting to 350°. Bake until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean, 45-50 minutes., Cool on a wire rack; serve or refrigerate within 2 hours. Top with baked pumpkin cutouts before serving.

PUMPKIN PIE OVERNIGHT OATS

Steps:

• In a pint jar or at least 12 ounce glass, mix oats and almondmilk. In a small bowl, mix pumpkin, brown sugar and spice. Spoon over oats. Cover; refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
• To serve, stir mixture and top with pepitas.
• Refrigerate leftovers.

PUMPKIN AND MINCEMEAT HOLIDAY PIE

Steps:

• Spread mincemeat evenly in bottom of pastry shell.
• Prepare pumpkin pie filling, following label directions, but substitute the orangejuice and evaporated milk for the liquid called for; stir in peel.
• Pour over mincemeat in shell.
• Bake in a hot oven 400* for about 45 minutes or till knife inserted halfway between center and edge of filling comes out clean.
• Cool, serve garnished with whipped cream.

HOLIDAY PUMPKIN PIE SPICE

Steps:

• NOTE: USE ONLY CEYLON OR SAIGON CINNAMON. SNIP VANILLA BEANS INTO SMALL PIECES BEFORE GRINDING, THEN GRIND AS FINELY AS POSSIBLE IN A CLEAN SPICE MILL OR COFFEE GRINDER, PAUSING TO SCRAPE GRINDER BIN. (STEP 1): PRE-GRIND all ingredients (except orange zest), separately in a clean spice mill or coffee grinder before using.
• MEASURE level units of all spices into spice mill.
• PROCESS mixture until finely ground and aromatic.
• FUNNEL mixture into an airtight container and keep in a cool, dry place.
• USE measure-for-measure in your favorite pumpkin pie spice recipes and enjoy.