My Easy Pumpkin Pie Recipe

A super quick but delicious Pumpkin Pie

a decorated pumpkin pie on a pink and white stripped napkin

What you need

Two cans of pumpkin pie puree 45g each

One pack of pre-made short crust pastry (if you want to decorate with style you will need two packs)

One can of Carnation Caramel 379g

1 large egg

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg

Plain flour for rolling and cutting pastry

Prep

Pre heat your oven to 160 degrees.

Gather all the ingredients together. You will also need some baking paper and baking beans.

If you have the time to decorate, you will need some leaf cutters and an additional egg.

All about the base

The pastry should roughly be the thickness of a pound coin if you need to roll it to the right thickness, scatter some flour on your work surface first.

Grease the pie dish and also sprinkle flour to prevent sticking.

Line the pie dish with the pastry and cut off any access around the edges.

Use a knife to poke a couple of slits in the base of the pie, then place the baking paper over the pastry and pour in your baking beans.

Place the pastry in the pre-heated 160 degrees oven and bake until slightly golden brown, approx 30 mins.

Mix it up

While the pastry is baking, mix together the pumpkin puree, Carnation Caramel, one egg, 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground ginger

and 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, using an electric whisk to mix.

Once the pie base is slightly golden brown, remove it from the oven. Empty the baking beans and remove the baking paper.

Pour the mixture into the pie base.

Autumn Leaves

Take your leftover pastry and sprinkle the work surface with flour.

Roll the pastry out and use your leave cutter to cut 13 to 15 leaves.

Roll some pastry for the vines.

Make it stand out

Arrange the pastry leaves and vines on top of the pie.

Whisk the second egg together and brush it on top of all the pastry edges, leaves and vines.

Place the pie in the oven for about 45mins.

Finishing Touches

Once you remove from the oven leave to cool.

I added some marshmallow pumpkins to the top of mine once it had cooled down.

Enjoy!

 
Entertaining, Cocktails & Recipes, MaMa LifeNatasha Rawley