Pumpkin pie

So I've decided to be super trendy and start a cooking blog. I make different things and often need/want to remember the recipe and never write it down, so this will help me. I wanted to share something I just made...

PUMPKIN PIE!!





It's Andrew's favorite dessert but we've had a hard time making it because it includes evaporated milk, something Andrew is allergic to (carrageenan in it). So, I've had to find substitutes, most of which have been bad (sweetened condensed milk, gross. skim milk, runny, etc.)

So, it started when I was cleaning yesterday and wanted to make something nice. I had some flour, so I thought of cookies but lacked peanut butter and chocolate chips. I began looking more and realized I had pumpkin, eggs and the seasoning, so I'll make that. I'll even make a crust.

I only had 1 stick of butter and most good pie crusts require 2.

So I searched and came across a good flaky pie crust and made that. I had to use a hand mixer (which took 15 min to find!) but it was good. I only refriderated it for 20 minutes and I was still able to roll it out okay.

Now, for pumpkin pie, I usually stick to Libby's recipe on the back, but I add just a smidge more seasoning (not cloves, gross gross).

I read online how to make your own evaporated milk but all we keep is skim milk so I knew that wouldn't work. I then thought, I have 4 oz of sour cream, I'll mix that for thickness. Gag, that didn't work. I searched and dug and found an old can of coconut milk (Andrew LOVES this stuff) and used roughly 11oz of that vs the 12 oz of evap milk. Then added just a touch more pumpkin pie spice.

I baked it at 450 for 15 min then 350 for 55 min (when it came out, it had set but was still a smidge wet on the toothpick) and you know, it has to be the best pumpkin pie I've made. You couldn't even tell it was coconut milk. And the crust was great! The only pie that came close was an applebutter pumpkin pie that I made last year and this topped it. I highly recommend for the holiday season.

The downside? It's too big for my fancy cake stand with the top on that my sister gave me as a house warming present a month ago. I had been keeping stale old cookies in there because I'm obsessed with this thing.