How To Make Nic's Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Pumpkin Pie Recipe Description

Nic Welty concocted this pumpkin pie recipe when he was only 15! Nic spent a lot of time taste testing all of the spices to get the right blend, and here at our farm, he is the one that cuts, cooks and purees the pumpkins for recipes. His mom does the baking!

Contributed by: Nic’s mom…….Deby Welty

Ingredients:

1	9″ pie crust 2 cups
2 cups	solid pack pumpkin
2	large eggs
3/4 cup	brown sugar
1 1/3 cups	milk
1/2 tsp.	salt
1 tsp.	nutmeg
1/4 tsp.	cloves
1 /2 tsp.	ginger
1/2 tsp.	vanilla

Pumpkin Pie Recipe Directions:

Beat eggs.
Add sugar and spices, mix well.
Add milk and pumpkin, beat until smooth.
Pour into prepared pie crust.
Bake 15 minutes at 425.
While pie is baking, make topping.

Topping Indgredients:

1/4 cup	brown sugar
2 tbl.	flour
2 tbl.	cold butter
1/2 tsp.	cinnamon
1/16 tsp.	ginger
1/16 tsp.	cloves
3/4 cup	chopped walnuts

Topping Directions:

Stir flour and spices thoroughly, then cut in butter until fine balls form.
Add nuts and mix.
Remove pie from oven and sprinkle topping on hot pie.
Return pie to oven, reduce temperature to 350 and bake for another 40-45 minutes, or until knife inserted into center comes out clean.
Serve warm with ice cream, or cool and serve with whipped topping.

*** Nic Welty developed this recipe after much trial and error with the various ingredients. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.