*  Exported from  MasterCook  *
 
                             Maple Pumpkin Pie
 
 Recipe By     : The Dessert Show
 Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Pies & Pastry
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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    1                    unbaked 10 pie shell, well chilled -- fluted edge
                         Leaf shapes cut from pastry scraps
    1 1/2  cups          pumpkin puree -- fresh or canned
      1/2  cup           maple syrup
    1 1/2  cups          milk
    2                    eggs -- lightly beaten
    2      tablespoons   flour
    1 1/2  teaspoons     cinnamon
      1/2  teaspoon      nutmeg -- freshly ground
      1/4  teaspoon      ground ginger
      1/2  teaspoon      salt
 
 Preheat oven to 425.  Mix together pumpkin, syrup, milk and eggs.  Whisk
 together until smooth.  Stir in flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt.
 Mix until well blended.  Pour pumpkin mixture into pie shell.  Bake about 40
 minutes until filling is firm and a knife inserted in center comes out
 clean.  Let cool.  While cooling, place leaf shapes in oven on cookie sheet
 and bake until golden brown.  Garnish top of pie with baked leaf shapes.
 Let cool completely before cutting with a sharp knife.
 
 
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