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Paradise Pumpkin Pie
- Makes: 8 servings
- Prep 30 mins
- Bake 1 hr
This extravagant two-layered dessert has a cream cheese base topped with a pumpkin filling and sweet pecans.
Ingredients
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1
8 -
ounce
package cream cheese, softened
-
1/4
cup
granulated sugar
-
1/2
teaspoon
vanilla
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1
slightly beaten egg
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1
recipe
Pastry for Single-Crust Pie (see recipe below)
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1 1/4
cups
canned pumpkin
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1
cup
evaporated milk
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2
beaten eggs
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1/4
cup
packed brown sugar
-
1/4
cup
granulated sugar
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1
teaspoon
ground cinnamon
-
1/4
teaspoon
salt
-
1/4
teaspoon
ground nutmeg
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1/2
cup
chopped pecans
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2
tablespoons
butter, softened
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2
tablespoons
all-purpose flour
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2
tablespoons
brown sugar
Directions
- In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, the vanilla, and the 1 egg with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, on a lightly floured surface, use your hands to slightly flatten Pastry for Single-Crust Pie. Roll dough from center to edge into a circle about 12 inches in diameter. To transfer pastry, wrap it around the rolling pin. Unroll pastry into a 9-inch pie plate. Ease pastry into pie plate, being careful not to stretch pastry. Turn cream cheese mixture into pastry-lined pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate. Fold under extra pastry. Crimp edge as desired.
- In a medium bowl, combine pumpkin, evaporated milk, the 2 eggs, the 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, the cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Carefully pour over cream cheese mixture.
- Cover edge of the pie with foil. Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil; bake for 25 minutes more.
- Meanwhile, combine pecans, butter, flour, and the 2 tablespoons brown sugar. Sprinkle over the pie. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes more or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Makes 1 pie (8 servings).
Pastry for Single-Crust Pie
Ingredients
- 1 1/4
cups
all-purpose flour
- 1/4
teaspoon
salt
- 1/3
cup
shortening
- 4 - 5
tablespoons
cold water
Directions
- In a medium bowl stir together flour and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening until pieces are pea size. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cold water over part of flour mixture; toss gently with a fork. Push moistened dough to side of bowl. Repeat with additional cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time (4 to 5 tablespoons total), until all of the flour mixture is moistened. Shape into a ball.
Nutrition Facts
(Paradise Pumpkin Pie)
Servings Per Recipe 8, vit. C (mg) 2, cal. (kcal) 489, pro. (g) 10, carb. (g) 46, vit. A (IU) 6414, Fat, total (g) 31, iron (mg) 3, calcium (mg) 141, sodium (mg) 316, sat. fat (g) 13, chol. (mg) 127, fiber (g) 2