Pies Pies Pies

For Thanksgiving this year I made 5 pies!  2 for my family and 3 for my husbands family.. and they pretty much turned out delicious!  I made 2 pecan, 2 pumpkin, and 1 sweet potato.  I did have to put the pumpkin in longer than I expected but still good! 

Pumpkin Pie

1 egg
1 Tbl flour
3/4 cups sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1.5 cups pumpkin puree
1.5 cups evaporated mil
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 Tbl light corn syrup
1 9in. pie crust (i bought the refridgerated kind)

Preheat oven to 450.  Add sugar gradually to pumpkin puree.  Beat well and stur in flour, sat, and spices.  Stir in corn syrup and beat well.  Stir in slightly beaten egg.  Slowly add evaporated milk, mix until well blended.  Pour batter into unbaked pie shell.  Bake at 450 for 15min then bake at 325 for 60min or until the knife comes out clean from the center of pie.

Pecan Pie

1 9in unbaked pie crust
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup dark corn syrup
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup melted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup pecan halves

Preheat oven to 350.  Beat together eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter, and vanilla.  Arrange pecans in bottom of unbaked pie crust and pour mixture over (the pecans will float up).  Bake 1 hour or until knife come out clean from center of pie.

Sweet Potato

1 lb sweet potato
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 9in unbaked pie crust

Boil sweet potatoes in skin 40-50min.  Run cold water and remove skin.  Break sweet potatoes apart in bowl.  Add butter, mix with mixer.  Stir in sugar, milk, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla extract and beat on medium speed until smooth.  Fill pie crust.  Bake at  350 for 1 hours or until knife comes out clean from center of pie.

 Pumpkin pies baking!

2 pecan pies and 1 sweet potato pie cooling!

They were delicious and one day I will make my own crust!  Try them out!