Pumpkin Pie

Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.

Twenty-nine-ounce pumpkin recipe for two crusts

Blue Binder handwritten page

Ingredients

  • 1½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp ground cloves
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 can 29 oz pumpkin
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 9" unbake crust-

Directions

  1. Mix salt- sugar- cinn. ginger & cloves.
  2. Bake 425° 15 m
  3. 350° 40-50 m

Timing: Bake 425° 15m; 350° 40-50m

Temperature: 425°; 350°

Equipment: mixing bowl, measuring tools, stirring utensil, two 9-inch unbaked pie crusts in pie pans, and oven

Notes

  • 29 oz can (1# -13 oz)

Two-cup pumpkin recipe with small-cup sugar measure

Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card

Ingredients

  • 2 cups pumpkin
  • 1 small cup sugar
  • A little salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 [ditto for teaspoon] ginger
  • 2 cups milk.
  • Bake in unbaked pie shell

Directions

  1. Bake in unbaked pie shell

Equipment: mixing vessel and utensil; unbaked pie shell in pie plate; oven

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Pumpkin, sugar, salt, cinnamon, eggs, and milk formula

Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card
2 cups pumpkin; 1 small cup sugar; a little salt; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 2 eggs; 2 cups milk
Blue Binder handwritten page
1 can 29 ounces pumpkin; 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 large eggs; 2 cups milk

Cloves

Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card
No cloves listed
Blue Binder handwritten page
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

Unbaked pie shells

Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card
unbaked pie shell, quantity and size not stated
Blue Binder handwritten page
2 9-inch unbaked crusts

Assembly and baking method

Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card
Bake in unbaked pie shell; no mixing, temperature, or duration is included
Blue Binder handwritten page
Mix salt, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves; bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes, then 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes; wet assembly and filling directions are not included

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