Signature Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients

• 1 frozen unbaked deep dish pie crust (9-inch) or Signature Pie Crust (recipe follows)
• 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin
• 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon McCormick® Pumpkin Pie Spice
• Vanilla Whipped Cream, optional (recipe follows)

1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Place pie crust on large foil-lined baking sheet.

2. Mix pumpkin, milk, eggs and pumpkin pie spice in large bowl until smooth. Pour into crust.

3. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Bake 40 minutes longer or until knife inserted 1 inch from crust comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Serve with Vanilla Whipped Cream, if desired.

Tips

Test Kitchen Tip: Use 1 1/2 teaspoons McCormick® Ground Cinnamon, 3/4 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Ginger, 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Cloves in place of the Pumpkin Pie Spice.

Signature Pie Crust: Mix 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons McCormick® Ground Cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon salt in large bowl. Cut in 3/4 cup cold shortening or unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), cut into pieces, with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles pea-size crumbs. Add 3 to 5 tablespoons ice water, a tablespoon at a time, tossing dough with fork after each addition. Add enough water so that dough comes together. Gather dough into a ball. Flatten into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 10 minutes. Roll dough on lightly floured surface from center to edges into a 14-inch circle, about 1/8-inch thick. For easier rolling without additional flour, place dough between 2 sheets of wax paper before rolling. Carefully place pie crust on rolling pin and transfer to 9-inch deep dish pie pan. If using wax paper, carefully peel back 1 sheet of wax paper. Flip crust onto pie pan. Carefully peel off remaining wax paper. Gently press the pie crust onto bottom and up sides of pan. Trim pie crust so that it extends 1/2-inch beyond edge of pie pan. (Reserve any remaining dough to make pie crust decorations, if desired.) Fold under excess pie crust. Flute the edges of the pie crust or press with tines of a fork.

Vanilla Whipped Cream: Beat 1 cup heavy cream, 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar and 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract in medium bowl with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form.