Pumpkin Pie Ingredients

Series Summary

Homemade pumpkin pie is one of the most beloved traditional desserts in North America, and is frequently served during Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday dinners. It is made from a pumpkin custard based filling, and seasoned with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Pumpkin pie is usually baked in a single pie shell, and occasionally topped with pie toppers and whipped cream. Just the smell of a pumpkin pie wafting through the house is sure to bring up fond memories of family gatherings and delicious creamy flavor.

In this free video recipe, our expert will demonstrate how to make pumpkin pie. Starting with a homemade pie crust from scratch, you will learn easy step-by-step instructions on how to mix the sugar and other spices, together with the pumpkin pie filling and condensed milk to create a tasty holiday dessert. Our expert will also show you how to make pie toppers from extra pie crust dough so that you can decorate your pumpkin pie with fun Thanksgiving or Halloween designs.

Video Transcript

"Hi. My name is Stephanie Barnett, and on behalf of Expert Village, I am here to show you how to make a pumpkin pie. The first step in making your pumpkin pie is getting all the ingredients together. Let's start with the crust. You will need cold water. It's very important that your water is cold. You'll need cold butter. It's very important that your butter is ice cold. You'll need flour. Then, for the filling, you'll need suger, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, salt, canned pumpkin, or you can use your own pumpkin, but canned pumpkin is a lot easier, evaporated milk and eggs. You're also going to be needing a bowl, a measuring cup, measuring spoons, a pie plate, and I prefer glass, your crust will cook better in a glass pie plate. You'll also need a rolling pin, a can opener and a little can opener to open that evaporated milk."