Selections from Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipes and USDA Favorites

by Ruth Van Deman; Fanny Walker Yeatman; Consumer and Food Economics Institute

Pumpkin Pie

1½ cups cooked pumpkin. 1 cup milk. ½ cup sugar. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. ½ teaspoon salt. ½ teaspoon allspice. ¼ teaspoon mace. 2 eggs. 1 tablespoon butter.

Put all the ingredients, except the eggs and the butter, in the double boiler. Bring to the scalding point. Beat eggs well; stir a small amount of hot mixture into the eggs; stir egg mixture into the remaining hot mixture. Stir until it starts to thicken. Add the butter. Line a pie pan with pastry and bake until light brown. Pour the hot filling into a baked crust. Bake the pie in a moderately hot oven (400°F.) until the filling sets.