Grandma Cottington's Pumpkin Pie
- 2 2/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1/2 cup chilled lard or vegetable shortening, cut into pieces
- 8 tablespoons (about) ice water
- 3 cups solid pack pumpkin (about 1 1/2 16-ounce cans)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 6 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 3 large eggs
- 3 tablespoons dark molasses
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Blend flour, sugar and salt in processor 10 seconds.
- Add unsalted butter and lard and process until mixture resembles coarse meal, using on/off turns.
- Blend in 6 tablespoons water.
- Mix in enough additional water by tablespoonfuls until moist clumps form.
- Gather dough into ball; divide in half.
- Flatten each half into disk.
- Wrap tightly in plastic and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
- (Can be made 1 day ahead.
- Keep refrigerated.
- Let dough disks soften slightly at room temperature before continuing.)
- Roll out 1 dough disk on lightly floured surface to 12-inch round.
- Transfer to 9-inch-diameter glass pie plate.
- Trim overhang to 1 inch; fold edges under.
- Crimp crust edge decoratively, forming high-standing rim.
- Repeat rolling and shaping with remaining dough disk.
- Freeze crusts 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Line crusts with foil; fill with dried beans or pie weights.
- Bake crusts until sides begin to set, about 15 minutes.
- Remove foil and beans.
- Bake crusts until pale golden, piercing with toothpick if crusts bubble, about 15 minutes.
- Cool completely on racks.
- Maintain oven temperature.
- Whisk all ingredients in large bowl to blend.
- Pour half of pumpkin filling (about 3 3/4 cups) into each prepared pie crust.
- Bake pies until filling is set in center, about 1 hour.
- Cool pies on racks.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/grandma-cottingtons-pumpkin-pie-920 (may not work)