Pumpkin Pie

This is a must for Thanksgiving. I love things that I can make a day or two ahead of time, and this is one of them.

PUMPKIN PIE

(serves 8)

Ingredients:

*1 single pie crust (make your own or buy refrigerated pie crust)

*1/2 cup white sugar

*1/2 cup brown sugar

*1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

*1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

*1/2 teaspoon salt

*1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

*1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

*2 eggs

*1 (15 ounce) can solid pumpkin puree

*1 (5 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk

* 3/4 cup half & half

Directions:

~Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

~In a small bowl, combine sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, ginger & cloves.

~In a large mixing bowl, gently beat eggs.

~Stir in pumpkin.

~Mix in the sugar mixture.

~Slowly stir in evaporated milk and half & half.

~Place pie plate on a baking sheet.

~Pour into pie shell.

~Cover edges of crust with aluminum foil (this helps prevent burning)

~Bake for 15.

~Reduce temperature to 350 degrees.

~Bake 50 minutes.

~Remove foil from crust.

~Bake for another 10 minutes, or until knife inserted near the center comes out clean.

~Do not cut until pie is cool.