Title: Perfect Pupmpkin Pie
Categories: Pie Check
Yield: 1 Recipe

1	c	Pumpkin
1/4	c	Molasses
1	ts	Cinnamon
1/2	ts	Cloves
1	c	Brown sugar
1	c	Sweet milk
1	ts	Allspice
1/4	ts	Ginger
3		Eggs, separated

Mix the pumpkin (either freshly stewed or canned), the sugar, molasses and the spices thoroughly; add the milk. Beat the egg yolks and whites separately, adding first the yolks and lastly the stiffly whipped whites, folding in gently.

This makes one very large to two small pies. It (or they) should be put into a hot oven for 10 minutes at 450 degrees. Then reduce heat to 325 degrees and bake forty minutes. For superior flavor add 2 T. of thick sour cream.

Source: "From My Ozark Cupboard", 1950

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