Pumpkin Pie

Because of Brandon's desire to try pumpkin recipes that only called for a portion of the can of pumpkin I thought I would try a pumpkin pie recipe.  First I have to say that I don't like pumpkin pie.  I never have.  I remember in kindergarten we made individual pies for Thanksgiving and everyone had pumpkin except me and one other girl, we got lemon meringue, so the dislike of pumpkin pie goes back pretty far.  But I happened upon a recipe through PBS.  I get bored at night and I tend to flip through channels, thanks to local TV broadcasting digitally we have 11 channels and four of those are PBS.  So I watched a cooking/crafting show and they made a pie that sounded really good.  So I found the recipe at Katie Brown Workshop.  When I made it I didn't put any nuts in, Brandon doesn't really like nuts in things, kinda weird but there you have it.

Nutty Caramel Pumpkin Pie 

Ingredients

¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons caramel ice cream topping, divided
One 6-ounce HONEY MAID Graham Pie Crust
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons PLANTERS Pecan Pieces, divided
1 cup cold milk
2 packages (4-serving size each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
One 8-ounce COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided 

Get Cookin'

1. Pour ¼ cup caramel topping into crust and sprinkle with ½ cup pecans.
2. Beat milk, dry pudding mixes, pumpkin, and spices with whisk until blended. Fold in 1 ½ cups whipped topping. Spread into crust.
3. Refrigerate 1 hour, and then top with remaining whipped topping, caramel topping, and pecans just before serving. Store leftovers in refrigerator. 

 Here are a few pictures that Brandon took of our pie, because I made him.  The top isn't the prettiest, we don't drizzle well.  I think it would turn out prettier if we had gotten the caramel topping in the squeeze bottle.

It was so yummy, and remember I don't like pumpkin pie.  I made it when we had friends over for dinner and there was only a little piece left over.  Even William ate it and liked it, he is the pickiest of the kids.  So I thought I would share a pumpkin pie that even I like.