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Better Than Pumpkin Pie
Barbara
"Looks like pumpkin, tastes like pumpkin, but it's butternut squash!"
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Ingredients
1 h 10 m servings 249 calsOriginal recipe yields 8 servings (1 - 9 inch pie)
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Directions
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- Place squash in a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and simmer over medium heat until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain, and cool.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a blender or food processor, combine butternut squash, brown sugar, cornstarch, egg, milk, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg. Process until smooth. Pour into the unbaked pie shell.
- Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes, or until a table knife comes out clean when inserted in the center.
Footnotes
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- Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 249 calories; 10.2 g fat; 36.2 g carbohydrates; 4.2 g protein; 32 mg cholesterol; 189 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
11/2/2003
Yummy! this IS ever better than pumpkin pie. Super creamy. The squash is easy to deal with if prebaked (halved, seeds scooped out, face down in a baking pan with a little water with a 1/2 inch ...
Most helpful critical review
12/5/2001
The butternut squash worked out fine and I like the idea but this recipe was FAR too spicy. I tried again with half the spices and it was still too strong for me!
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11/2/2003
Yummy! this IS ever better than pumpkin pie. Super creamy. The squash is easy to deal with if prebaked (halved, seeds scooped out, face down in a baking pan with a little water with a 1/2 inch ...
11/24/2005
I microwaved a small butternut sq. for three minutes to make it easy to cut and easy to peal. No puncturing necessary, it won't blow up. I ground both my allspice and cloves in a crucible. I add...
10/18/2003
This is the best Pumpkin(squash) Pie I have ever made & I`m an old woman! I have been making pie for 50 years.
10/23/2002
I had never made any kind of pumpkin pie before, but this one turned out so well that I never WILL make a "real" pumpkin pie! The butternut squash was easy to work with, and the whole recipe wa...
11/15/2005
I made this pie for friends & they pronounced it fabulous. For the squash: Cut in half & microwave cut side down in a dish w/ 1/4 " water approx. 15 minutes. Cool & scoop out flesh. Super Easy ...
11/1/2006
Wow. I really wanted a pumpkin pie, but I like them made from fresh pumpkin and they were all sold out here. This was fantastic. I followed the recipe exactly with the exception of doing the s...
4/5/2009
wow,, this pie is sooo creamy and smooth.. just like i remember pumpkin pie.. it tastes just like it, same color, same everything LOL .. mine wasnt that pretty but its really good. changes i mad...
11/27/2004
I cooked the squash in the oven before peeling and instead of boiling-worked great. Also made real pumpkin to compare. The squash was so smooth, the pumkin still had some strings. Everyone enjoy...
10/30/2006
This is a great pie.I added some pumpkin pie spice,1 teaspoon.for one batch ,I used egg beaters and fat free evaporated milk,It came out great.