My absolute favorite Thanksgiving food is pumpkin pie. I love pumpkin pie with homemade whipped cream after our Thanksgiving feast. I usually make 1 – 2 more additional pies than probably needed, just to make sure there are leftovers for the next day. I should not admit this, but I eat it for breakfast the day after Thanksgiving. One of life’s true guilty pleasures is coffee and a slice of delicious pumpkin pie in the morning. If you have never done this you must try it sometime.
Not to brag, (yes I’m bragging) but my pumpkin pie is to die for. When we visit others for Thanksgiving I like to volunteer to make the pie. I make the crust from scratch and it is flaky, buttery and perfect. Not like that store bought, thick and tasteless crust.
However, the true secret to a great pumpkin pie is the perfect combination of spices. If your spice mixture is not just right your pie will taste all wrong. It will have too much cinnamon flavor or sometimes if the spice mixture incorrect or not as potent because it is old, it can taste somewhat bitter.
The Pumpkin Pie Secret
To make a good pumpkin pie you need to make sure your ingredients are fresh and mixed to the correct proportions. It seems like most people generally only use cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, and cloves this time of year. Your spices will have lost a great deal of their potency over the year. That is why MySpicer Pumpkin Pie Spice works so well. You get all of your spices in one mixture. It will be fresh and economical because instead of purchasing 5 fresh new bottles, you can order one package of pumpkin pie spice and you are good to go.
So, whenever a recipe calls for the typical blend of fall spices, I use pumpkin pie spice instead. It’s thrifty and fresh!
