How do I make pumpkin pie (or some other pumpkin based treat) our of my baking pumpkins???
A canned pumpkin is really just a cooked and peeled chunk of pumpkin, so once you have cooked pumpkin you can follow any pumpkin pie recipe. You can cook the pumpkin like any other winter squash. Cut it in half (which is way easier with a baking pumpkin than with one of those jack-o-lantern monsters) and scoop out the seeds. Then you can cover it in plastic wrap and nuke it in the microwave until it’s soft, about 4 minutes per pound. (The plastic wrap helps hold in steam to cook it faster.) If you don’t want to nuke it, you can bake it. Just put it on a baking sheet and cook at 350 until soft, around 40 minutes. You can also boil it. Just cut it into chunks and put them in boiling water, about 8 to 10 minutes. When it’s cooked, allow it to cool and scoop out the meat. Mash it, either with a potato masher or in a mixer or food processor. Then follow any pumpkin pie recipe. I lik
