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Butternut Squash Pie

Pureed butternut squash combined with melted butter, eggs, and mixture of ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, dried ginger, coarse salt, cornstarch, and sugar. Milk is stirred in and mixture is poured into pastry shell. Pie is baked in hot oven until pastry edges are browned and filling is set.

Ingredients -

3 cups Butternut Squash, washed, pared, cut into 1/2 inch chunks
2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, melted
4 Large Eggs
3 cups Granulated Sugar
2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
1 pinch Ground Clove
1/2 teaspoon Dried Ginger
2 level tablespoons Cornstarch
1 teaspoon Coarse Salt
4 cups Whole Milk
Unbaked 9-inch Pastry Shell

Preparation:

1. Place the chunks of squash in a blender and puree.

2. In a large bowl, mix the butternut squash, butter and eggs.

3. In a separate bowl, mix together the cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, salt, cornstarch and sugar.

4. Add this mixture to the squash.

5. Add milk and mix well.

6. Pour the squash mash into pastry lined pie plates.

7. Bake for 10 minutes at 425 F. degrees.

8. Lower the temperature to 350 F. and bake for another hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

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