Monday, November 21, 2011

Fabulous Pumpkin Pie

The name speaks for itself. Therefore I don't need to go into a long discourse about just how wonderful this pumpkin pie is. Just trust me.

Ingredients

1 (29 oz) Can of Libby's Pure Pumpkin. Do not make the mistake of using a different brand. Nuff said!
1 cup White Sugar
3/4 cup packed Brown Sugar
2 and 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp of Nutmeg
3/4 tsp of Ginger
1/4 tsp Cloves
4 Eggs
2 Cans of Evaporated Milk
2 - 3 unbaked pie shells

Remember your pie is only as good as your ingredients, so buy the best not the cheapest!

Mix all the ingredients together and pour into your shells. This will make two 9 inch pies and I can usually squeak out a third one in a smaller tin.

I prefer to bake my pumpkin pies in glass, but I have used tin. 

I like to wrap the edges with tin foil. I hate over browned edges.

Bake 15 min. one 425. Reduce heat to 350 and bake 40-50 min. longer. Poke it with a tooth pick. When the pick comes out clean it's done.

Pumpkin Cookies


There is this thing called E A S Y. And if you look up Merriam, she'll tell you it means, "Causing or involving little difficulty." After reading Ms. Webster I tried to find a word to describe this cookie that is easier than easy, because when you make these cookies you will want to sing and dance around your kitchen in a joyous manner and expound to the world on how you just made the easiest recipe 'EVaaaaar!' Besides being simple to make this cookie is also yummy to eat. Nuff said!

You'll only need two ingredients to literally whip up this recipe;
1- A spice cake mix (although if you have a yellow cake mix you can improvise with it. The only outcome of using a yellow cake mix instead of a spice cake mix is, your cookie will just be a tad boring.)

and...

2- A 15 oz can of Libby's pumpkin.

That's it folks. Wow, finally a recipe I can remember in my head when I get to the store!

Now here's the skinny on how to make it. Ya ready?

Get yourself a bowl put both ingredients in it and mix it nice and creamy like. Yup, that's it! Told ya it was easy!

Bake at 350 for 12-15 min depending on how big you make the cookie. I'm not saying it's the law or anything. I'm just giving you a rough idea. If you want me to be more precise, cook it till it's done folks. Stick a tooth pick in it and if it comes out clean, take it out of the oven. If not cook it some more. Mine took me 15 min. I like my cookies big!

Now here's a little side note. There are two ingredients you can add to this recipe if you want to jazz it up. Yesterday there was a war goin' on at my house as to which ingredient to add. The milk chocolate chippers won out. But I tried my hardest to put raisins in them instead. Really I did! I love raisins. So you can add stuff like nuts too if your family will let ya! My family has enough nuts in it, no pun intended. They won't let me add anymore!

Also you can dust the top of these cookies with powdered sugar or drizzle a little cream cheese frosting all over it. I like to tell people these things because I have had so many complaints about this cookie being way to easy! There now, does this post finally look long enough. Hahahahah Welcome to baking the easiest cookie ever. Easy/Peasy ---Pretty darn tasty too I might add!