Topped With a Twist

Name: Topped With a Twist
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 16 servings
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 4 cups cooked or canned pumpkin puree; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1 cup white sugar; Goodly dash of vanilla; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon good-quality ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon good-quality ground cloves; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 cups heavy cream; 1/4 cup dark rum or good bourbon, or vanilla to taste; Two nine-inch unbaked pie shells

By Fran Schumer

Total Time: 20 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:16 servings

4eggs
4cups cooked or canned pumpkin puree
½cup brown sugar
1cup white sugar
Goodly dash of vanilla
2teaspoons ground cinnamon
½teaspoon good-quality ground ginger
½teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼teaspoon good-quality ground cloves
1teaspoon salt
3cups heavy cream
¼cup dark rum or good bourbon, or vanilla to taste
Two nine-inch unbaked pie shells

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Preparation

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2
Lightly beat the eggs in a large mixing bowl. Add the pumpkin, the sugars and the vanilla, and mix well.
Step 3
Add the spices and the salt, and blend.
Step 4
Add the cream and the rum or bourbon, and blend well.
Step 5
Pour into the two unbaked pie shells.
Step 6
Bake for about one hour or until a silver knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve, cold or at room temperature, with sweetened whipped cream laced with rum, bourbon or vanilla.