Title: Mama's Pumpkin Pie [Depression Era America]
Categories: Pie
Yield: 1 9" pie

1	lb	Pumpkin, cooked
1/2	lb	Sugar (1 cup)
2	lg	Eggs
1/2	ts	Salt
1	ts	Ginger
1	ts	Cinnamon
16	fl	Milk
1		Pastry for 9" pie

Beat eggs well. Add sugar, pumpkin, salt and spices. Mix until well blended. Add milk and beat again. Pour into unbaked pie crust and bake in a hot oven (425F) degrees for about 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to moderate (325F) degrees and bake for 50 minutes more. You can make this with leftover winter squash and nobody will know the difference.

Depression Era Recipes Patricia R. Wagner ISBN 0-934860-55-6 Entered by Carolyn Shaw 5-95

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