Joe's Incredible Bacon Pumpkin Pie
Serves: 3
Kirstin Bosco
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
54
Spice
40
Sweetness
54
Sourness
43
mins
Prep time (avg)
4.8
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1 cup
Pumpkin (cubed fresh)1.5 cups
Cream Cheese (softened)1 cup
Brown Sugar (packed)3
Eggs1 tsp
Vanilla Extract1 cup
Half-And-Half1 tsp
Ground Cinnamon1 tsp
Ground Ginger1 tsp
Ground Allspice1 tsp
Ground ClovesDirections:
1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C)
2
Bring a small pot of salted water to a boil; add the pumpkin and cook until soft enough to easily pierce with a fork, about 10 minutes
3
Drain
4
Mash the cooked pumpkin with a potato masher in your favorite large bowl
5
Mix the cream cheese and brown sugar with the mashed pumpkin
6
Whisk in the eggs one at a time
7
Add the vanilla, half-and-half, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and cloves; stir until you have a thin batter
8
The batter should be slightly thinner than pancake batter
9
Pour the batter into the pie crusts
10
Place bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until evenly brown
11
Trim soft, fatty bits from strips
12
Press 7 pieces of bacon into the batter of each pie with a fork
13
Bake the pies in the preheated oven for 15 minutes
14
Decrease the heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C)
15
Top each pie with 2 pieces of cooked bacon and bake another 30 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean
16
Allow pies to cool completely before serving