Crustless Pumpkin Pie

It was almost end of this year's pumpkin season... I realized it was high time I made good or some use of the pumpkin cans I had bought whimsically from Trader Joe's when the season started ! So looked up recipes and modified them to make my own EASY pumpkin pie protocol with in-house ingredients :)

Ingredients :

Mixing all ingredients

• 1 can pumpkin  puree ( NOT pie-mix)
• 1 cup buttermilk pancake mix ( Trader Joe's)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• whipped topping ( optional)

Directions :

• Preheat oven to 350 F and grease well a 9 inch pie plate .
• Stir all ingredients ( no need to worry about order)  except whipped topping until well blended and pour into pie plate.
• Bake for ~ 40 minutes or knife inserted comes out clean.
• Cool in room temperature for ~ 30 minutes.
• Refrigerate 3 hours or until chilled.
• Serve with whipped topping .
• Store in refrigerator covered .

Oven-fresh Pie ( Before chilling)

You can sprinkle cinnamon on top of pie for the festive feel ...I also tried heating it a little and had it with vanilla iceream !! Yummmmmm....

Slice of Pumpkin Pie with whipped cream

Happy Baking :)
Ajanta from Amherst