SAMHUINN: Harvest Pumpkin Pie
1 9inch frozen pie shell (cauldron of transformation)
3 eggs (fertility)
1 (16 oz) can pumpkin (abundance)
¾ cup brown sugar (love)
1 tsp. Cinnamon (spirituality and protection)
½ tsp. Nutmeg (luck and health)
1 tsp. Pumpkin pie spice (spirituality)
1 cup evaporated milk
½ cup chopped pecans, opt. (money and employment)
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Take frozen pie shell out of the freezer and leave at room temperature for about 10 min. Prick bottom and sides of the pie shell with a fork. Put into the oven to bake for about 3-5 minutes. Take pie shell out of the oven and cool for about 15 minutes. Leave the oven on.
Put eggs in large mixing bowl. Beat with a fork, whisk or beater until eggs are frothy. Open the can of pumpkin and add to eggs; add brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pumpkin pie spice. Mix with spoon until blended. Add evaporated milk and stir again.
Sprinkle pecans on the bottom of the pie shell. Pour pie mixture over the nuts. Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees and bake for 25 minutes. Lower temperature back to 350 degrees and bake another 15 minutes. Take pie out of oven and cool for 1 hour. Serves 8.
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