⅔ cup sugar
1 tablespoon flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon cloves
⅓ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES
2 cups mashed pumpkin _or_ squash
3 eggs
1 cup undiluted evaporated milk _or_ light cream
9-inch, unbaked pie crust
Heat oven to 400° F. (moderately hot). Mix first six ingredients. Add
molasses, pumpkin or squash, and eggs. Mix well. Stir in milk or cream.
Pour into a 9-inch pie pan lined with unbaked pastry. Bake 40 minutes or
until knife inserted in center of filling comes out clean.
YIELD: 6 servings.
_Sweet Potato Pie_: Reduce sugar to ½ cup; replace pumpkin _or_ squash
with mashed sweet potatoes.