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Pumpkin pie

Silky, deeply spiced and baked in an all-butter crust. Pull it when the middle still wobbles and it sets with no cracks.

40 min hands-on4 hr start to finishNo oven on ThursdayTravels well
VegetarianNut-free
Cooking for46810121620
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Pumpkin pie

Photo: Evan-Amos, CC BY-SA 3.0

When to make it

Make the dough up to 3 days ahead. Bake the pie Wednesday; it's better after a night in the fridge.

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For 4

  • ¾ cupsall-purpose flour for the crust
  • ¼ tspkosher salt
  • ½ stick (4 tbsp)unsalted butter very cold, cubed
  • 2 tbspice water
  • 8 ozpumpkin purée one can, not pie filling
  • ½ cupdark brown sugar
  • 1½eggs
  • ½ cupheavy cream
  • ¼ cupwhole milk
  • 1 tspground cinnamon
  • ½ tspground ginger
  • ¼ tspground cloves
  • ¼ tspground nutmeg
  • ¼ tspkosher salt for the filling

How to make it

  1. Make the crust

    Mix the flour and salt, then rub in the butter with your fingers until the pieces are the size of peas. Sprinkle in the ice water and toss until it holds together when squeezed. Flatten into a disc, wrap and chill at least 1 hour.

  2. Blind bake

    Roll the dough to a 12-inch round and fit it into a 9-inch pie plate. Crimp the edge and freeze 15 minutes. Line with foil, fill with dried beans and bake at 400°F for 20 minutes. Lift out the foil and beans and bake 8 minutes more, until dry and pale gold.

  3. Filling

    Whisk the pumpkin, sugar, eggs, cream, milk, spices and salt until smooth. Pour into the warm crust.

  4. Bake and cool

    Turn the oven down to 350°F and bake 45 to 55 minutes, until the edges are set and the center 2 inches still jiggle like gelatin. Cool completely on a rack, at least 2 hours, then refrigerate.

Chef's notes

  • The wobble is the cue. Bake it until firm and it cracks as it cools.

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