Dave's pumpkin pie

David's Pumpkin Pie
This pumpkin pie has a sweet cream cheese bottom.
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Ingredients
  1. Sugar, granulated 3/4 cup
  2. Cinnamon, ground 1 tsp
  3. Ginger, ground 1/4 tsp
  4. Cloves, ground 1/4 tsp
  5. Eggs, fresh 2 each
  6. Pumpkin pie filling 1-15 oz can
  7. Evaporated milk 1-12 oz can
  8. Lemons, fresh, juice only 1 ea
  9. CREAM BOTTOM
  10. Lemon, fresh, zest and juice 1 each
  11. Cream cheese, softened 1- 8 oz pk
  12. Sugar, granulated 1/4 cup
  13. Pie shell, unbaked 9 inch deep 1 each
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
  2. Combine sugar, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. In another bowl, beat the eggs, add pumpkin filling , evaporated milk and lemon juice.
  3. Mix the sugar mixture with the filling, mix well , do not over mix.
  4. Cream bottom: with mixer cream lemon juice, zest, cream cheese and sugar.
  5. Spread the cream cheese evenly across the bottom of the pie crust. Pour pie filling in shell.
  6. Bake for 15 minutes at 425°F, reduce heat to 350°F for 40 -50 minutes.
Notes
  1. Check for doneness by inserting a knife in the middle, don’t push knife into the cream cheese. Serve warm or refrigerate.
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