The Best Pumpkin Pie Recipe | Melissa Clark | NYT Cooking

Pie Queen Melissa Clark is showing us how to make her best-ever pumpkin pie. And while yes, it’s technically called pumpkin pie, in her recipe Melissa uses roasted butternut squash for an added caramelized sweetness.

This wraps up our series on Thanksgiving pies with Melissa! Which is your favorite? Comment down below and let us know.


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[kimberlywilson]

I watched this video looking for tips, and turns out we make our pie the same way. I stopped buying evaporated milk years ago, and now just use heavy cream, and sometimes add a few pats of butter for richness.

Excellent! No notes.

[christinecamley]

Awww, I can tell how much you loved your dad. I have lost mine too. Melissa, this pie is gorgeous and I love that it is done with squash!!

[Mombott]

For the truly best pumpkin pie. Make the pie filling a day ahead, and let it sit in the fridge before baking in pie shell. Spices have yime to dissolve, meld, and make this pie truly creamy, next level.

[kspivey]

Evaporated milk is actually delicious. And it’s also shelf stable and crazy versatile.

[treetopy]

I made this for Thanksgiving and IT BLEW EVERYONE AWAY. They wouldn't stop gushing about the perfect level of sweetness and how it was the creamiest, most velvety pumpkin pie they'd ever had. Seriously, this recipe is a winner. I know it sounds weird to make a butternut pie for your holiday table, but DO NOT HESITATE. You'll be famous with your family and friends.

[TheAbabudoiu]

I have no idea whether those kind of pumpkins exist in the US, but I'm Italian and here there are no "generic pumpkins" nor pumpkin puree to bake a pumpkin pie with, so I used roasted Delica pumpkin (which is a kind that exists here) and OMG, it is soooo good, the pumpkins here taste almost like chestnuts and baking a pie with them changes the flavour, for the better, a lot!!

[rumbleinthekitchen_Amy]

My father-in-law loves pumpkin pie but he swore it needs to be from a can... until a few years ago when I made him a homemade pie using roasted butternut squash. He almost didn't believe us when we told him it was squash... and that his beloved can pumpkin was really squash too. 😂

[abbylicioussGND]

The first two minutes of this video are mind blowing to me. Like, of course your way sounds more delicious!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[jml]

Tip, use a grapefruit (runcible) spoon to scrape the insides out. Much easier.

[elizabethmiller]

When using butternut to make a pie, I used to cut the squash in half lengthwise, remove the seeds, and steam cook in the oven with a small amount of water at the bottom of a covered baking dish. No peeling or cutting! When cooked and cooled, lightly scrape away from the skin with a spoon and store until using or use right away.

[luislopez]

I love you Melissa, don't give them a slice haha Spot on ! Happy Holidays

[mojinxx]

omigosh, that filling so far exceeds my fondest memory of what a really pumpkin pie tastes like! The crust and whipped cream are almost superfluous. Almost. Thanks for sharing and showing us how to make it!🧡!

[isurrenderall]

I would never make my squash or pumpkin pies without heavy cream! You are the best pie maker Melissa! Have been following you for years - Fine Cooking! Thank you for the great vid! Happy Thanksgiving!

[avcbisu]

As someone who lives in a country that doesn't have pumpkin, I'm so happy

[alesol]

My son loves pumpkin pie and you made the instructions so easy and really cute stories thank you 😊

[danbev]

I roast sweet potatoes & add lots of ginger. Also great flavor!

[lilliew]

Pumpkin pie is my favorite pie🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧

[TheBLGL]

My mother-in-law made butternut squash pie every Thanksgiving for over 30 years, and now that she has passed, I’ve been making it.

[wendigo]

try acorn squash, it drifts a bit away from pumpkin in flavour but in a truly wonderful way

[kseniav]

So I'm not American and we don't really have canned pumpkin or those picture-perfect round pumpkins so I always used butternut squash because it's easily available. I didn't even know it is _squash_ and not _pumpkin_. Apparently that's the good thing to do though :D