Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie

Yes, Pie. Specifically pumpkin pie. Again. It’s Thanksgiving month. Pumpkin is allowed, right? This week I decided to put my mom and friend in the spotlight and share their favorite pumpkin pie recipe with you all. 

Do you want to be a star?

Let’s start with mom. She was actually quite nervous while I was filming her. When I approached her, I asked if she wanted to be an actor. She looked at me and said yes. She immediately ran to the bedroom and grabbed her chef’s coat and put it on and said she was ready for the camera. It was probably one of the cutest things I had seen in a while. During the video, I noticed I moved the camera a little too much, so bear with me guys. I tired asking my mom questions to loosen her up. It seemed to have worked.  Actually, while the pie was in the oven, I interviewed her and she was much more upbeat, smiling and her sweet personality came through. Oh and yes, my mom does work for Whole Foods Market. No, this isn’t a sponsored video. I wish.  Switching over to my friend Nikki. She was such a great sport. She ended up doing all the baking while I just stood back and filmed her. I actually felt really bad because I wasn’t helping, but from what you see in the video, she was actually enjoying it. I remember her saying she was nervous as well, but from watching the video, you would never know. 

The Pies

 

The pies that I baked with my mom and friend were both delicious. They had similar ingredients and methods, but looked different in the end result. The first pie was a walnut pumpkin pie. It was quite delicious. I took one of those pies to work and in less than five minutes, it was gone. I had one coworker ask me where I bought it. Her face was priceless when I told her it “homemade”. I link the recipe here so you guys can get the same reaction too. The second pie we baked was much simpler. That was actually my first pumpkin pie. I did a blog post over this a week ago. I will also link that here if you guys want to know more and find out the recipe. Both pies were equally delicious, but if I had to choose, the gold the medal would go to the first one. The topping just did it for me. It was perfect. 

I Am Thankful

In the end, I had a great time learning new recipes and spending time with my mom and friend. They are both wonderful women that I am very grateful to have in my life and am thankful for both of them. That's Thanksgiving for ya, right? Being thankful for all the blessings in your life. 

Hope you guys enjoy your Thanksgiving. Eat lots of turkey and sweet potato casserole and l spend it with your loved ones.

What are you most thankful for? Which pie did you like the best? Let me know in the comments down below.

My First Pumpkin Pie!

I have two words for you. Pumpkin pie. This screams Thanksgiving to me and who doesn’t like a good slice of pie and whip cream?  I have never made a pie, especially a pumpkin pie, so this was all new to me. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve tried it before, but store bought, not homemade. So, you could imagine how excited I was to whip one up. It was surprisingly easy to make. Maybe it’s just me, but I always assumed pie making was ridiculously difficult. It probably is, if you’re making it from scratch. Technically, we (my friend and I) cheated and used a pre made pie crust and pumpkin puree instead of the fresh pumpkin and crust, but nobody has to know, right? 

The Ingredients

My friend and I headed to Target to pick up the rest of the ingredients that we needed. For example, ground clover. I didn’t know what this was, but it smells delicious. Basically, they come from an evergreen tree called a clove tree and they have a strong pungent aroma to them. They’re used in Indian dishes and/or foods that feature nutmeg or cinnamon. I loved the smell. We also picked up a deep dish pie shell and some whip cream.  When we got home, we went to town. When we were pouring the batter into the shell, I noticed we had made a little too much. We panicked but then realized we just had to ladle out the excess. 

The More, The Merrier

We decided to make two pies to test out different tastes and textures. In my pie, we used sweetened condensed milk and three eggs. In hers, we used evaporated milk and two eggs. The reason behind this was because of some of the recipes that I read claimed that it was better with evaporated milk and others claimed that it was better with sweet condensed milk. So, we decided to try both. And I think the three eggs and sweet condensed milk pie tasted better, but both equally delicious. 

Smells Delicious!

The best part of all this, besides eating pie, was the smell. If there was such a thing as smell vision, I would include it in this blog post, but there isn’t, so I’ll just explain it as best I can. The smell filled the kitchen and living room and it smelled like Thanksgiving. You could smell the cinnamon and ginger for sure. It was quite satisfying. In the end, we had a great time making my first pumpkin pie. I’ve linked the recipe that I used here if you guys would like to try it out. 

I also live tweeted my whole experience using the hash-tag #MyFirstPumpkinPie.

Let me know what you guys thought about it and send me your recreations. 

What dessert reminds you of Thanksgiving?