I remember when I was a little girl, while reading one of the books in the Little House series, Ma Ingalls making a pie out of green pumpkins. To me, it sounded like a culinary masterpiece. From that point on, I wished to make a pumpkin pie. My mom is no baker, however. It was a long time until I had a chance to see a pumpkin pie being made.

Several years later, my husband was going to make a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, and I asked to help. I was shocked to find the pumpkin came from a can. "I don’t think you can make a pumpkin pie from an actual pumpkin," he said.

He was joking, but I haven’t really seen any pumpkin pie recipes from actual pumpkins until now. Modern Christian Homestead has the instructions on how to do so. Seems you have to use a pie pumpkin, the regular ones are too stringy. This is neat, I might try it.

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