Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients

• 1 small pumpkin
• 1½ cups of pulp
• 2 cups of milk
• 1 tablespoonful molasses
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoonful of salt
• 1 teaspoonful of ginger
• 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon
• 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of butter
• 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar

Method

1. 1

   Cut the pumpkin in small pieces and take out the seeds and remove the peel.

2. 2

   Put the good part over the kettle and steam it till it is tender, keeping it covered.

3. 3

   Then mash it and put it through the colander.

4. 4

   While it is warm, mix in everything in the rule except the eggs; let it cool, and put these in last, beating them till light.

5. 5

   Line the pie-tin with crust, and pour in the filling and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A Little Cook-Book for a Little Girl (1905) by Caroline French Benton, page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pumpkin Pie 1 small pumpkin. %l/2 cups of pulp. 2 cups of milk. 1 tablespoonful molasses. 2 eggs. 1 teaspoonful each of salt, ginger, cinna- mon, and butter. 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar

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