Pumpkin pie

Ingredients

• Pie crust
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1½ tsp salt
  • 1 TBSP sugar
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ cup water
• 29 oz can pumpkin puree
• 1½ cups sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• ½ tsp ground cloves
• 5 eggs
• 2½ cups milk

Directions

1. Make pie crust
2. Preheat oven to 425°
3. Mix sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves in a small bowl (cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves may be replaced by 3½ tsp pumpkin spice)
4. In a large bowl beat eggs
5. Stir pumpkin and sugar/spice mix into eggs
6. Slowly stir in milk
7. Pour into pie shell(s) – this makes 2 9″ pies
8. Bake at 425° for 15 minutes
9. Reduce heat to 350° and make an additional 45 minutes
10. Let cool at least 30 minutes