Thanksgiving 2013 - Pumpkin Pie

This morning I continued the adventure of making pumpkin pie that I began last night. 

Top left: My own puree.
Top center: Adding the other ingredients (see below)
Top right: Mixing
Middle left: The baker
Middle center: Yes, it's Thanksgiving 2013
Middle right: Embellishments added before putting in oven
Bottom left: Out of the oven!
Bottom center and right: I watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as the pie baked. I love Snoopy. This balloon is his 7th incarnation according to Matt Lauer.

Here's the recipe I used from allrecipes.com:

"Ingredients

2 cups mashed, cooked pumpkin
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F

In a large bowl with mixer speed on medium, beat pumpkin with evaporated milk, eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt. Mix well. Pour into a prepared crust. Bake 40 minutes or until when a knife is inserted 1 inch from the edge comes out clean."

Note: I added a dash a ground cloves, used a Pillsbury pie crust, and left in the oven about 5-10 minutes than called for by the recipe. This whole process was a blast!