I love Fall…I love pumpkins…I love pumpkin pie, although, I suspect the love has to do more with the spices than actual pumpkin. With a family of three, including one very picky toddler, an entire pumpkin pie seems to last a long time…dare I say too long? With some time on my hands, a cabinet of rarely used specialty baking items and the magical world of Pinterest ( it has the ability to suck me in and keep me unaware of the passage of time!), I set out to make a smaller version…and I found it…and I can’t wait to eat it.
The usual cast of pumpkin pie characters:
1. 2 eggs beaten
2. 15 oz can of pumpkin purée. I measured from a large can and froze the rest for future use.
3. 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk
4. 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
Cream the above ingredients together until smooth.
The steps:
1. Using a regular size pie crust, I cut two circles large enough to line my 5 inch pot pie pans (from Miles Kimball catalog many years ago). I filled each 3/4 full of pumpkin purée mixture… I had 2 interesting issues suddenly appear and easily solved…
A. Too much filling..I froze the excess to bake in small ramekins for a tasty treat
B. Leftover pie crust…I rolled and cut into leaf shapes with my Marshalls purchased leaf cookie cutter. They look darling on the little pumpkin pies!
2. Bake at 425 for 30 minutes. Allow to cool. Top with adorable leaf cut out.
3. Enjoy with a nice glass of apple cider.
To celebrate the first weekend of Fall, we took the Princess to a local Fall festival. To say she enjoyed it would be an understatement!
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Looks delicious! Yum! Darling outfit on the princess ! Too cute !
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It will be a sad day when she outgrows that outfit. I will always remember her running through the hay maze with the breeze in her hair. What a joy!
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The Princess looks like she is having a wonderful time, so precious! I love the idea of everything pumpkin too. I wait for the many pumpkin items to hit the stores and I’m in heaven! Your smaller pies are terrific and then having some frozen for later is a bonus. The leaf cut-outs are so cute. Thank-you for another lovely post and beautiful photos, always enjoyable!
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I have been going crazy with the pumpkin spice the last few weeks. It is my favorite time of year. My favorite holiday is the often ignored Thanksgiving with all its fall glory.
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Ooh, would love a slice of that good looking pie! Would go well with my coffee. Have a great day. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
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Coffee would work nicely for me as well…pumpkin spice.
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Great idea… Pinterest can be so much fun and dangerous at the same time! LOL. Love the cookie shapes on top as well!
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Amy, The fall festival looks like it was a blast. The pies look great! Sylvia D.
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They were a hit…just the right size
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An excellent idea, but you all must not have a sweet tooth if a pie lasts too long :). I love the idea and the leaves! Your princess indeed is having a ball!
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😀. The pie was gone pretty quickly this time.
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What an excellent idea! We are a family of two and a whole pie is too much for us. I’m going to have to give this a try! xo
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I did make a few more to freeze and enjoy later
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Oh, your little pies are so cute and I love the added leaf! Yes, I can see how much fun your little one had. I love going places like this with my grands! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
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I waited a long time to take a little one to the pumpkin patch and I am enjoying every minute
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Those look yummy and I don’t even like pumpkin pie, lol!! I love the leaf topping 🙂 That little princess of yours is so cute! She looks like she is having a wonderful time. Thank you for sharing at TaDa Thursday!!
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The pie looks so fabulous!
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It was!
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Love the idea of mini pies! Thank you so much for linking up and sharing at Dishing It & Digging It. We enjoy seeing your creativity each week! 🙂
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That looks delcious! Thanks for sharing at Home Sweet Home!
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Amy, that’s a good idea to make a mini pumpkin pie! It looks delicious, love the leaf on top! I’m glad your princess had fun at the fall festival.
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She has a wonderful time and managed to put away quite a bit of pumpkin pie!
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Your little pumpkin pies with the cutout leaf on top are adorable. Thank you for sharing your recipe and photos of you sweet little pies at Snickerdoodle.
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Good morning! Just a little note to let you know that this post has been *FEATURED* today on the Art of Home-Making Mondays (at Strangers & Pilgrims on Earth) on our special pumpkin edition. Thank you for sharing with us! 🙂
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Honored and humbled to be featured. Thank you
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