PUMPKIN PIE


1   Cup cooked pumpkin, Baked, boiled or steamed until it's soft. 
     Mash the cooked pumpkin good and press it through a course 
    Sifter, so that it is very fine .  I find that ½ Kilo, when peeled, 
    Cooked and mashed winds up as 1 cup finished product.

3/4  Cup Sugar, you may want to taste 1/2 cup first.  The sugar here
     is very sweet.  But taste the mixture after all ingredients have 
     been added.  The sugar can be added anytime.

1    Egg, well beaten.
1/4  Cup Sweet milk.  I use Carnation non fat powder.  Any will do.
1    Tblsp flour.
1    Tblsp Butter.
1/4  Tsp Cinnamon, ¼  Tsp. Nutmeg,  ¼ Tsp. Allspice or Cloves.
1/2  Tsp. Salt.
2    Tblsp.  Some kind of nuts or Coconut.  (Optional)
1    Unbaked Pie Crust.

Blend all ingredients well.  Bake for about 50 minutes at 350 degrees.

PIE CRUST:  

1    Cup Flour (sifted)
1/3  Cup Shortening i.e. Crisco
1/2  Tsp. Salt
 3  Tblsp water, (this ain't always true, it may take more to make the dough work right)
     Mix with as little handling as possible.

Note #1:  (5 level tablespoons, Shortening or Oil, will equal  1/3 cup.)

Bruce Broussard
Yacht Kanaway