Pumpkin Pie (3)

Ingredients

• A pumpkin
• 1 good cupful molasses
• 3 pints rich milk
• 4 eggs
• some salt
• a little cinnamon
• brown sugar to taste
• crust

Method

1. 1

   Prepare the pumpkin by cutting into small pieces; stew rapidly until it is soft and the water is stewed out, then let it remain on the stove to simmer all day.

2. 2

   When well cooked, add the molasses, and cook all down until dry; then sift through a colander; it will nearly all go through if properly cooked; then add the milk, spices and eggs.

3. 3

   Too much spice destroys the flavor of the pumpkin.

4. 4

   Sweeten to taste, then bake in a crust the same as for custard.

5. 5

   Let it cook until of a dark brown color.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The white ribbon cook book (1894) by Kathryn Armstrong, page 96. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pumpkin Pie (3)— A pumpkin, 1 good cupful molasses; to a whole pumpkin allow 3 pints rich milk, 4 eggs, some salt, a little cinnamon, brown sugar to taste, crust

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