Servings:6-8
Difficulty: Moderate
Cook Time: Over 120 min
From the White House kitchen to yours, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. offers their recipe for pumpkin pie. Tune in to the ABC News special "Thank You America" with Robin Roberts on Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Ingredients
Cooking Directions
In a stand up electric mixer using a paddle attachment, mix together the first 3 ingredients. Place the pieces of butter and lard on top of the flour mixture. With the machine on, pour in the cold water and bring dough together. Scrape the bowl well, and mix briefly again. Place dough onto a lightly floured parchment lined pan. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
Roll the cold dough between 2 pieces of lightly floured parchment paper to a 1/4 inch thickness. Lightly spray the glass pie dish/pan. Place pie dough into dish and shape edges. Freeze dough for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 380 degrees F.
Line the pie shell with aluminum foil and place metal pie weights into area and bake for 40 minutes until completely golden all over. Once slightly cooled, carefully remove the foil and metal beans.
Lower oven to 320 degrees F.
Mix all filling ingredients together. Pour into the pie shell and smooth with a spatula. Bake on a half-sheet pan with water surrounding the glass dish.
Bake the pie for 1 1/2 hours or until a cake skewer comes out clean.
Recipe Summary
Main Ingredients: pumpkin puree, eggs, flour, sugar, butter, lard
Course: Dessert