Pumpkin pie lovers go crazy for Libby's pie! This easy pumpkin pie recipe is made with simple ingredients, can be baked in a store bought or homemade crust, and is topped with festive leaf crust cutouts.
Double crust pie crust recipeyou will use one shell for the bottom crust and one shell to make the cut out leaves (optional)
Filling Ingredients:
¾cupgranulated sugar
½teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonground cinnamon
¼teaspoonground cloves
½teaspoonground ginger
½teaspoonground nutmeg
3large eggsroom temperature, divided
15oz.can of pure pumpkin puree
1teaspoonvanilla extractoptional
1 ½cupsevaporated milk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 425°F.
Prepare bottom pie crust by rolling out and fitting into a 9-inch pie plate. Leave a wide border at the top of the shell to press leaf accents onto.
In a small bowl, whisk together sugar, salt, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, beat TWO eggs until well combined; the third egg will be used as a wash on the crust. Add pumpkin puree and vanilla extract and continue beating until combined.
Add the sugar and spice mixture to the egg mixture and stir until combined.
Slowly add the evaporated milk, mixing as you add it, until all ingredients are fully incorporated.
Carefully pour pumpkin pie filling into unbaked prepared pie shell.
In a small dish, whisk together remaining egg and 1 tablespoon of water to make an egg wash.
Roll out second crust to ¼” thickness. Use a cookie cutter to cut out small leaves or desired shape. Arrange the pie crust cutouts around the perimeter of the pie. You can use a bit of egg wash to help them stick, if needed.
Use a pastry brush to apply egg wash over the top of the crust and decorations.
Bake pie for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350°F and continue baking another 30-45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of the pie comes out clean. Cool for at least 2 hours on a wire rack.
Pie can be sliced and served when completely cool and set.
Store in the refrigerator.
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Notes
Storage: Wrap the leftover pie with plastic wrap and refrigerator for up to 4 days. Notes:You can swap 1 ½ teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice for the cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves in the recipe.To make homemade whipped cream, whisk 1 cup of heavy cream until soft peaks form. Add ¼ cup of powdered sugar and keep whipping until stiff peaks form. Store in the fridge until you're ready to serve.To keep the crust from browning too much, wrap strips of aluminum foil over it. You can do this when it turns golden or cover it from the start and take it off during the last 15 minutes of baking.While vanilla extract isn't in Libby's original recipe, I like to add it for extra flavor.Here's the leaf stamp/cutter I used for this pie: Affiliate link.