Pumpkin Pie Recipe Without Evaporated Milk

Pumpkin pie is a dessert which is very popular in North America, especially during Thanksgiving and Christmas. One can either make pumpkin pie with canned pumpkins or with packaged pumpkin pie filling that is available in the market. Apart from pumpkin, this sweet dish is made with evaporated milk, pumpkin pie spice ingredients, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, etc. However, some people are allergic to some of these ingredients and hence, may not be able to enjoy this dessert. e.g evaporated milk can cause allergy to some people. Under such situations, you might be looking for a pumpkin pie recipes without using of evaporated milk. If this is the case and you want to know how to bake a pumpkin pie without evaporated milk, here is a pumpkin pie recipe with which you can make mouth-watering pumpkin pie without using evaporated milk.

Pumpkin Pie Recipe with Whipped Cream

If you want to make pumpkin pie without butter or evaporated milk, you can try using whipped cream instead.

Ingredients

• 16 ounces stewed pumpkin, pureed
• 3 teaspoons cornstarch
• 4 ounces sour cream
• ¾ cup whipped cream
• 3 beaten eggs
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• ¾ cup white sugar
• ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• ¾ teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 teaspoons apricot preserves
• 1 unbaked pumpkin pie crust

Preparation

In a large bowl, combine cornstarch, white sugar, brown sugar, ground ginger, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice. Mix well till all the ingredients are completely blended. Then, stir in the pureed pumpkin, whipped cream, sour cream, and beaten eggs into the bowl and continue stirring for some time. Place some apricot preserves on the pie crust and transfer the pie filling on it. In an oven, preheated to 325 degrees F, bake the pumpkin pie for 55-60 minutes. Insert a toothpick to see whether the pie is fully done and then take it out of the oven and cool it on a wire rack. Cut the pie into pieces and serve immediately or else you can also store it in the refrigerator by covering it with a tin foil.

Pumpkin Pie Recipe with Sweetened Condensed Milk

Sweetened condensed milk is another option that you can use in the place of evaporated milk. Pumpkin pie made with sweetened condensed milk will make the pie a little sweeter than the one which is made of evaporated milk.

Ingredients

• 16 ounces pumpkin puree
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 2 beaten eggs
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 unbaked pie crust
• 1½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg

Preparation

In a large mixing bowl, mix all the ingredients including condensed milk, ground ginger, beaten egg, sugar, pumpkin puree, cinnamon as well as salt. You can mix all the ingredients by stirring with a spatula or by using a blender. Once everything is mixed completely, set the bowl aside. Line the pie crust with a foil and bake for fifteen minutes at 425 degrees F. Take the crust out of the oven and pour the pie filling on the crust. Bake the pie at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes and conduct the toothpick test before taking if off the oven.

How to Make Pumpkin Pie from Scratch

If you want to make pumpkin pie from scratch, the recipe you have to follow is the same as the above. The only difference is that to make homemade pumpkin pie from scratch, you will have to make the pie crust at home, rather than buying an unbaked one. Let us take a look at the method of making pumpkin pie crust.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons whipped cream
• 1 stick of cold butter, cut into pieces
• 1¼ cups All-purpose flour or wheat
• 4 ounces powdered sugar
• 4 ounces ice water
• Pinch of kosher salt

Preparation

Take wheat flour, powdered sugar, and kosher salt in a bowl and mix them using a hand blender. This should be followed by pieces of butter, which again have to be blended with the other ingredients. When lumps begin to form on the mixture, add the cream and blend again unlike it takes the form of a biscuit dough. Transfer the dough in a plate and make a ball out of it. Once this is done, flatten the dough in the shape of a plate. Put the crust in a plastic bag and place it in the fridge for half an hour. After thirty minutes, take the dough and line it with foil and also do not forget to make tiny holes with a fork on the crust. Place the crust in the oven and bake it for 10-15 minutes. Remove from the oven, take away the foil and keep it for baking for 10-15 minutes until it turns golden or brown. Cool the crust on a wire rack and then continue to make the pie according to the directions given above.

These are some of the optional recipes for making pumpkin pies. So, try out one of these pumpkin pie recipes for this Christmas dinner and I assure you that you will have a delicious Christmas feast that you will remember for a long time.