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Milkless Pumpkin Pie?

Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Cassie asked:


I know that there is soy milk as a subsitute but its not as thick what can I do? I need a recipe that doesn’t use milk…. and if anyone knows one without soy let me know too!

Nancy

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Can someone out there please help me ?. SOS ! MAYDAY ! HELP ?

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
jhash61 asked:


I’ve been asked to make & bring an old recipe of my late grandmothers for our families Christmas Eve dinner. I’ve always made from scratch her pumpkin pie recipe. However this year my step-monster has decided that it doesn’t bring the excitement it used to.

She’s decided I should make granny’s pumpkin roll instead. Part of the process calls for the batter, after it’s been baked, to be rolled out on a “tea towel”. This is where I really need someone to help me out.

1. What is a tea towel?
2. Where would I get one?
3. Is there something else that can be used in it’s
place?
3. And last but not least, am I the only person in
this day and age that doesn’t know what a frigging
tea towel is?

I love Christmas & cherish our familes Christmas Eve dinner. Even more so since there is a really good chance this could be my last with them. If I show up for dinner without those pumpkin rolls Christmas will be lots of things, but MERRY, won’t be one of them…lol Thanx!
Does anyone know why “man” the first answer gave me that website? I went there but I don’t get. Of course my nurse just gave me some pain medicine so maybe I’m just not seeing or understanding very well why he would tell me to go there…could someone shed a little lite plz…

I just really need these pumpkin rolls to turn out right. There is a reason we the term “step-monster” to describe our father’s wife and it’s not one of endearment. I use to could stand toe to toe with her but I’ve been sick for awhile now and I just don’t have it in me to deal with all her drama.

This may sound stupid but I want these pumpkin rolls to be the best pumpkin rolls ever kinda my way of standing up to her one last time…yeah, this sounds really dumb…LOL

But thanks guys for helping me out here
“heylistenuphere” what I wouldn’t give to have you in my kitchen the day I try and make these…lol

“ricnnl”…the healthly me would have stood up to her and I did many times. But the terminal me just doesn’t have it in me both physically and emotionally. The dinner is held at my Dad’s so she calls all the shots. This Christmas is so important to me and I don’t want the drama she would cause if I was to say or do something not to her liking. And trust me she would. Whatever she has in her chest that keeps her alive, cause it’s not a heart, has made her the coldest, meanest and crulest woman I’ve ever met. The day we found out I was terminal she threw a big fit cause my dad cancelled an dinner/movie date with her to spend some time with me…away from her and she made his life hell for days afterwards. I just don’t want to mess up anyone’s holiday by starting something with her. If that makes me weak so be it…

Aaron

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Am I Obligated To Give Out My Recipe?

Friday, July 18th, 2008
j.c lavender asked:


Am I obligated to give out my pumpkin pie recipe to my son’s friends parents? My spouse and I get along with them very well. They enjoyed the homemade pumpkin pie that I made because it’s delicious and not 2 sweet.
The mother asked me for the recipe because her son ate a whole slice because normally he doesn’t eat pie.
Is it considered rude if I don’t give out my personal recipe? I don’t want to give it out and then regret it later because friends come and go.

Andrea

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Maple Pumpkin Pie

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
CD Mohatta asked:


What would autumn be like without pumpkin pie? Fortunately, we may never know. Pumpkin pie is very much a part of Autumn in America, dating back to the early settlers. This pie recipe, however, is special, because it adds the gentle flavor of natural maple syrup. It is pretty, too, by adding maple leaves made out of extra crust to float on top of the pie, making it particularly suitable for festivities such as Thanksgiving.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit

For crust:

1 ½ cups white flour

1 tsp salt

2 Tablespoons dark brown sugar

½ cup shortening

5 - 6 Tablespoons ice cold water

Special tool: maple leaf cookie cutter, optional.

A few tablespoons Turbinado or castor sugar.

Combine flour, salt, and sugar. Using a fork or pastry knife, cut shortening into flour mixture. Add cold water one tablespoon at a time until it holds together but is still crumbly. Roll out about a half cup of mixture to 3/8 inch thick and cut 1-3 maple leaves. Set aside. Roll remaining dough out into a pie crust and place in pie pan. Trim, fold over, and crimp edges. Set aside.

For Maple Pumpkin Pie filling:

2 eggs

15 oz puree of pumpkin

12 oz condensed milk

½ cup maple syrup

½ cup dark brown sugar

½ tsp salt

1 tsp allspice

In a bowl whisk together two eggs. Add pumpkin puree gradually and whisk, then the condensed milk and whisk. Add maple syrup, dark brown sugar, salt, and allspice and whisk together. Pour slowly into prepared pie crust. Bake at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes then lower to 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Then gently drop a maple leaf(leaves) on top of pie and continue baking at 350 degrees for another 35 minutes or until firm. Remove and allow to cool. This pie is particularly lovely when served warm with vanilla or dulce de leche ice cream.

 



Theresa

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Anyone have a good no-bake pumpkin cheesecake recipe?

Sunday, July 13th, 2008
meelio@rocketmail.com asked:


With Thanksgiving this weekend I was thinking of making a pumpkin cheesecake rather than a pumpkin pie. Anyone have a good recipe? I would prefer no-bake.

Thanks!!!

Josephine

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