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?