Classic American pumpkin pie with condensed milk and cinnamon

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make pumpkin pie? Prepare your food. Weigh the pumpkin before cooking, its weight should be 800-850 grams, this is the amount that will make 300 grams of puree. Place the butter in the freezer before cooking; it should be very cool and hard so that it is easy to grate. Take natural condensed milk, without vegetable fats.

2. STEP 2

   

   You need to prepare pumpkin puree in advance. To do this, we will bake it. Cut the pumpkin into small pieces and remove the skin. Be careful, it is very hard, don't cut yourself. That is why it is better to cut it into pieces.

3. STEP 3

   

   Cut the resulting pieces into small pieces.

4. STEP 4

   

   Place the pumpkin pieces in a baking dish. Bake the pumpkin for about 45 minutes in the oven at 180°C (depend on your oven).

5. STEP 5

   

   It should become soft, the pieces can be easily pierced with a knife. Cool the finished pumpkin.

6. STEP 6

   

   While the pumpkin is cooling, prepare the dough. Place flour in a large bowl. Grate the cold butter. To make this easier, roll a piece of butter in flour.

7. STEP 7

   

   Using your hands, rub the flour and butter into crumbs. Do this quickly so that the butter does not have time to melt from the heat of your hands. Why is it important? Because it is pieces of butter mixed with flour that melt in the oven that will make the dough flaky and crispy.

8. STEP 8

   

   Then pour ice water mixed with lemon juice into the crumbs. You may need more liquid, as it all depends on the quality of the oil and flour. Add it until the dough comes together. Wrap the dough in film and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.

9. STEP 9

   

   Using an immersion blender, puree the cooled pumpkin until pureed. If you don't have a blender, mash it with a masher.

10. STEP 10

    

    Add condensed milk, eggs and spices to the pumpkin. In America, they sell special mixtures for pumpkin pie; in addition to cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, it also contains ground cloves and allspice.

11. STEP 11

    

    Mix all ingredients with a whisk until smooth. The filling is ready.

12. STEP 12

    

    Place the chilled dough between two sheets of parchment. Roll it out with a rolling pin to a thickness of about 2 mm. It is very convenient to do this between the papers, so it will not stick to the rolling pin. Make the size of the circle 4 cm larger than the diameter of the mold. My form measures 22 cm.

13. STEP 13

    

    To make the pie look neat, I trimmed the dough around the plate. I used the scraps to decorate the pie.

14. STEP 14

    

    Place the dough into the pan, carefully spreading it over the bottom and sides. Prick the dough all over the surface with a fork to prevent it from puffing up during baking.

15. STEP 15

    

    Bake the dough in the oven at 180°C for about 15 minutes (depend on your oven). Then remove the form with the dough and cool slightly.

16. STEP 16

    

    Pour the filling onto the crust.

17. STEP 17

    

    Return the pie to the oven and bake until done. It took me 40 minutes. The filling should become dense and the edges of the dough should turn golden. Cool the pie and serve. If desired, you can decorate the top with pieces of dough left over from trimming the crust. They need to be molded, rolled out, cut and baked, brushed with egg on top.

Comments on the recipe

Testomania

20.10.2023

4.8

I wanted to start my review of this recipe with the words “now the classic American pumpkin pie with condensed milk and cinnamon is one of my favorites,” but I thought that every second pie prepared according to the recipes of this site becomes my favorite))) I enlarged it a little quantity of ingredients for the dough and baked the pie in a mold with a diameter of 24 cm, I really liked that the pie turned out thin. True, I didn’t bother with the decorations, I baked them quickly, without brushing them with egg, since the kitchen was filled with such a fragrant aroma that neither the children nor the adults could stand it. A sprig of rosemary also came in handy. The pie is great! You can feel the pumpkin, but in combination with spices its taste is simply incomparable! Thanks for the recipe! And, yes, now this pie is one of my favorites)))

Alexey Belenkov

20.10.2023

5

According to the recipe, the dough became liquid even though I haven’t added all the water yet

Alina28

20.10.2023

4.8

As soon as I put the dough in the oven, the sides immediately dropped.