Harper 5★ Ratings
Times
- Prep time: 20 minutes
- Cook time: 60 minutes
- Total time: 5 hours, 20 minutes
Yield
12 servings
Pumpkin Surprise Pie
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 (15 oz) pkg ready to roll pie crusts
- 1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, at room temperature
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ¾ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- ¾ cup evaporated milk
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs
- 1½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 egg, beaten, with 1 tsp water
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°F.
- Fit 1 pie crust into a 9-inch pie plate and crimp edges. Unroll second crust. Using a 1-inch star cookie cutter, cut out 50 stars; place on baking sheet. Refrigerate both until ready to fill.
- In a medium-size bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and egg until smooth. Spread evenly into bottom of pie crust.
- In a large bowl, beat pumpkin puree, milk, brown sugar, eggs, pie spice and salt until smooth. Using a ladle, gently spoon pumpkin mixture over cream cheese mixture. Brush edge of pie with egg-water wash. Overlap pastry stars around edge. Brush stars lightly with egg-water mix.
- Bake at 400°F for 15 minutes. Cover edges with foil, reduce heat to 350°F and bake for an additional 45 minutes.
- Cool pie completely on rack. Refrigerate until completely chilled.
- Before slicing, leave out for 30 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition Info:
“Pumpkin Surprise Pie,” http://www.parents.com/recipe/pies/pumpkin-surprise-pie/.
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