This straightforward pumpkin pie filling bakes beautifully in our Kernza pie crust. For best results, blind bake the crust a day ahead — and don't miss the dulce de leche, which takes the filling to another level. Use our Kernza Pie Crust recipe.
Pumpkin Pie with Kernza® Crust
Servings
One 9" pie
Prep Time
15
Cook Time
45
Pumpkin pie with dulce de leche, warm spices, and a hint of orange zest in a flaky Kernza crust.Author: Joe Kaplan
Ingredients
- "Single Crust" - Kernza Pie Crust
- One 15oz. Can (425g) Pumpkin Puree
- ½ Cup (190g, 6.7oz.) Dulce de Leche
- ¾ Cup (190g, 6.7oz.) Whole milk
- ½ Tsp (2g, 0.07oz.) Orange Zest
- ½ Tsp (2g, 0.07oz.) Vanilla extract - or half of one vanilla bean
- ¼ Tsp each of: Ground cinnamon, clove, allspice, and nutmeg
- Or substitute with pumpkin pie spice mix.
- 1.5 Tsp (8g, 0.28oz.) Salt
- ½ Cup (108g, 3.8oz.) Granulated sugar
- ½ Cup (70g, 2.45oz.) All purpose flour
- 1 Egg - Whisked
Directions
- Roll out one pie dough.
- Flour your counter, the top of the dough, and your rolling pin with all purpose flour.
- Begin rolling toward you from the middle of the dough.
- Rotate the dough slightly (about 1/8th), and roll toward you again.
- Repeat this process until the dough expands roughly one inch past a nine inch pie dish the entire way around. The dough may split in some areas, don’t hesitate to press it together with your fingers. Do this early on, and it will minimize splitting as you roll.
- If the dough sticks to the counter, just lay down a little more flour.
- Start from the top of the sheet, and bring the dough up and over the rolling pin towards you.
- Begin rolling your pin towards you until the dough has wrapped around it completely.
- Be sure to move the weights around and make folds in the parchment to ensure there are no open areas: Everything should be touching dough (the crimped edge can be exposed).
- Act as though you are filling in the holes made by the fork, and brush the egg mixture ¾ up the side of the crust.
- You won’t need to use the entire egg. Once one even layer has been applied, that’s enough.
- Whisk vigorously until the small bits of dulce de leche have dissolved, and the mixture looks homogenous.
- If making filling ahead of time, remove it from the fridge for about an hour to allow it to warm up.