Easy Pumpkin Pie with Graham Cracker Crust
This pumpkin pie is made from scratch with a gorgeous, golden graham cracker crust!
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 12 graham crackers, crumbled, about 1.5 cups
- 8 tablespoons butter, salted, melted
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
For the pie filling:
- 15 ounces pumpkin puree
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 1.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
Equipment
- Pie Crust Shield keeps crust edges from burning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Make the graham cracker pie crust: Combine graham cracker crumbles, melted butter, sugar and cinnamon. in small mixing bowl. Stir to combine until the crumbs are well coated with the butter.
- Grease a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Press graham cracker mixture into bottom and sides of pie pan using bottom of measuring cup or small glass.
- Bake the pie crust for 10 minutes and remove from oven. Allow to cool completely before adding the filling.
- Make the filling: In a medium bowl, add remaining ingredients and whip to combine with a whisk. You can also use an electric mixer with a whisk attachment.
- Pour pumpkin pie filling into cooled graham crust, and smooth even with a rubber spatula.
- Bake the Pie: Bake pumpkin pie for 40 minutes.
- Pull out of oven and loosely tent with aluminum foil, then bake for an additional 20 minutes. This will help keep edges of the pie crust from browning too much.
- Cool and Serve: Pull from oven when the center of the pie is set and place on a wire rack. Let the pie cool at room temperature for 2 hours before slicing.
- Serve with whipped cream.
Notes
Use a store-bought graham cracker crust to save time!
If you have pre-mixed pumpkin pie spice on hand, you can substitute it for the cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice and cloves. You'll need roughly 4 teaspoons.
Serving: 1, Calories: 439kcal, Carbohydrates: 47g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 27g, Saturated Fat: 15g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 7g, Trans Fat: 0.5g, Cholesterol: 131mg, Sodium: 413mg, Potassium: 253mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 32g, Vitamin A: 9179IU, Vitamin C: 2mg, Calcium: 104mg, Iron: 2mg
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