or CLASSIC PUMPKIN PIE
I once heard Martha Stewart say (on tv) that butternut squash made a better pie than pumpkin. Start your baking dress rehearsals now, trying each variety.
Ingredients for Crust
2 2/3 c Flour
1 ts Salt
1 c cold butter
7 tb ;Water ice
FILLING-------------------------------
2 c Butternut squash; cut into -1" cubes cooked
& drained)
1 c Evaporated milk or CREAM
3 Eggs; lightly beaten
1/2 c Sugar brown
1/2 c Sugar granulated
2 tb Flour
1/2 ts Brandy or Rum extract
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1/8 ts Salt
1/4 ts Nutmeg
1/4 ts Cloves ground
1 ts Butter; melted
Instructions:
Heat oven to 400. For crust combine flour and salt in med bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knifes until flour forms pea-sized chunks. Sprinkle one tablespoon of the ice water over one small section of flour mixture and mix lightly with a fork. Repeat rotating bowl one section at a time. Form two-thirds of dough into lg ball then press down to form a 5-6" diameter "pancake" (remainder of dough can be rolled out into a rect- angle sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar rolled and cut into little pinwheels brushed with butter and a sugar-water glaze and baked sepa- rately). Sprinkle flour on rolling (preferably taped-down pastry cloth) and with flour-dusted rolling pin roll dough into circle until dough is about 1/4" thick. Trim one inch larger than inverted 10" Pyrex pie plate. Carefully roll pastry onto rolling pin then unroll it onto right-side-up pie plate. Press into pie plate. Fold edge under. Flute 1/2" high edge. Cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate.
FILLING: Combine all ingredients in mixing bowl and mix at med
speed for 5 min. Pour into chilled pastry shell. Cover edge of pie with
long strip of aluminum foil to prevent ovebrowning. Bake 10 min at
400F. Reduce heat to 375 F and bake for 25 min. Remove foil. Bake 10-15
min more or until knife inserted in center comes out clean and crust is
golden brown.
HERE is a BETTER PUMPKIN PIE RECIPE 
http://barefootcontessa.com/recipes.aspx?RecipeID=888&S=0
Count on the greatest living cook to put RUM in her pie!
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