You can make pumpkin pie from scratch and still employ a few valuable shortcuts. For one, forget about making pumpkin pie crust from scratch. That’s so yesterday! These days, get the same wonderfully flaky taste on your fresh pumpkin pie, but in a fraction of the time, by using Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crust or Pillsbury® Pet Ritz® frozen pie crust. If you’ve been slaving over a rolling pin for years, you’re going to wonder where these beauties have been all your life! So tuck the rolling pin and flour back into the cabinets and get with the 21st Century. When it comes to saving time, Pillsbury has you covered!
Making pumpkin pie with a twist is easy if you get creative with the crust. For example, after placing crust into the pan, sprinkle finely crushed, toasted pecans or walnuts over it before adding pumpkin pie filling, and you’ll have a variation that tastes upscale without a wisp of time added! Perhaps you’re looking for pumpkin pie with a new-fangled taste. Instead of traditional pumpkin pie crust, try ginger cookies crushed into a crumb-butter crust.
Refrigerated pie crust can be used in many different kinds of homemade pumpkin pies, including tarts and bars, allowing you flexibility with baking even if you’re short on time. There’s no reason to purchase a cold pumpkin pie from the grocer’s refrigerator case when you can make one in minutes and impress your dinner guests with the divine taste that only fresh pumpkin pie warm from your own oven can offer!