CANDY ROASTER PIE
My granddaughter loves pumpkin pie, something which is a bit unusual in kids, and that consideration offers reason aplenty to make this pie from time to time.
¾ cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon or pumpkin spice
2 large eggs
3 tablespoons maple syrup (use the real McCoy if you have it; if not pancake syrup or even sorghum syrup will do)
1 cup processed pumpkin
1 can evaporated milk
1 deep-dish pie shell (make your own or buy the 9-inch size at the grocery store)
Blend the dry ingredients then, in a separate bowl, beat eggs before mixing syrup and pumpkin with them. Then gradually stir in the dry ingredients with a whisk until everything is thoroughly mixed. Bake in a preheated oven at 425 degrees for 12 minutes and then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake until done (40 to 50 minutes). The pie is done when a knife or toothpick pulls away cleanly. The crust will have a tendency to get overly brown where exposed. This can be avoided by covering it with tin foil. Cool on a pie rack before refrigerating or serving.
JC
—Celebrating Southern Appalachian Food written by Jim Casada and Tipper Pressley
I made the recipe above for the first time recently and oh my is it good! I can see why Jim’s granddaughter loves it. In fact it is so good that I’ve decided it will be my go to pie recipe for pumpkin, candy roaster, butternut, or cushaw squash. You can also use a mixture of winter squash. I used cushaw and butternut since I didn’t have a candy roaster.
Our winter squash didn’t do very well this year. We got it planted late and then the dry weather didn’t allow the plants to thrive.
A few weeks ago we pulled up all the winter squash plants but one candy roaster. There was a very small candy roaster growing on it and I said lets give it a chance and see what happens.
After the ample rain we’ve received I was shocked to see how much it had grown! Hopefully I’ll have one candy roaster if the weather continues to cooperate before cold weather arrives.
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Late yesterday evening we finally heard from Nana. Her and Papaw Tony are fine. They have no cell service, internet, or power but they are well. Nana was able to drive to an area of Haywood County that has limited cell service and was able to text us.
Thank you for your prayers for them and please continue to pray for the many people who are suffering mightily from this horrific storm.
Tipper
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Glad to hear your family members are safe! Don’t forget our Tennessee families in Newport and Erwin. Tipper, don’t know if you follow Farm Cooking with Nan from Erwin or not but they had lots of damage to their farm just like everyone else!
JC’s pumpkin pie recipe sounds delicious and I will certainly try it! I also made your Apple bread and it’s a keeper!
Randy praying that your power is restored soon..also praying for all the utility worker s everywhere. I’m sure some have to go home without electricity and water!
Praise the Lord!
So glad to know that Matt’s family is safe. An answer to prayer.
I am so happy that Papaw Tony and Nana are safe. Continued prayers to all affected by this storm. Randy, maybe before some of that food goes bad, you could cook it on a gas grill. I’ve been in your shoes and I am so sorry. Will pray that you get power on real soon.
Thankful that you heard from Matt’s Pawpaw Tony!! Pumpkin pie has long been a favorite.
So glad all is well in your neck of the woods. This storm was so bad. My brother in North Carolina got hit hard, but praise God they are OK and home is OK. He said hundreds of trees down, no service of any kind. I want to praise God to for seeing our disabled daughter through 11 days in the hospital. God bless everyone and be safe.
Drama-I’m so glad she is okay and home!!
Tipper, I’m happy to hear Matt’s family is safe. It’s so sad to hear about all the widespread devastation this hurricane has caused.
After watching your video on making this pie I decided to give it a try. I didn’t have any pumpkin on hand so I used sweet potato. It was so delicious I made a second one, as my 13 year old granddaughter also loves pumpkin pie. Thank you Jim for the delicious recipe!
That’s a beautiful pie Tipper but the most beautiful news is ya’ll got to hear from Nana and Papaw Tony and they are okay. Prayers continued for all.
Able to post now after 5 days in Bluefield, WV. I have a hickory tree (about 80,000 pounds) that fell onto my back bedroom but not through. About 20,000 pounds still remains and it’s raining on a metal roof so there it will stay until it stops. My bedroom walls are cracked and roof joist broken. I was standing in that bedroom when the hickory tree fell. The devil tried to kill me I know. There are 7 uprooted hickory trees laying in various poses with gaping holes across my yard. I still have no power but I got a grill so it’s been fine and gas is on so I got a hot bath without heating up water last night. The wind was 100 mph and Ive stood in 60 so I know. It broke trees like toothpicks but never touched my wind chimes or chairs…. God bless y’all and the thousands of people missing in Blowing Rock, NC. May God have mercy on our people cause the government surely does not care…
I enjoyed the pie video and I’m so glad you heard from Matt’s folks. I sure would like to see an interview with Matt’s dad! I’m sure it would be an awesome video! From some of your stories he sounds like a real interesting person. I love your interview videos!
Oh so happy to hear Nanna and Papaw Tony are safe. Continued prayers for all those suffering in the aftermath of the storm.
Tipper, I am so glad to hear your family members are okay. I have cousins in the Boone area, also all okay. Such terrible devastation down there, just heartbreaking.
So glad to hear Matt’s family is safe! Praying for all the families that lost loved ones and lost their homes!
Joanna
Thankful y’all heard from Papaw and Nana and they are okay. Praying for them, Randy and all the others to get their power back on really soon! My thoughts and prayers go out to all who have been affected by this devastating hurricane.
I was so glad to hear that Matt’s family is safe. I know that is a huge relief to all of you. I’m still praying for those who are still missing & those who have lost everything they had. We were out for 5 days when Hurricane Beryl came through. Fortunately, I did not have much in my refrigerator & I was able to take my main freezer food over to my daughter’s home because her power came on before mine.
The candy roaster pie sounds delicious. Glad you found another way to use you squash. Hugs!
My pumpkin pie recipe originally came from a 1963 edition of the Good Housekeeping Cookbook. I switched it up over the years, mostly adding stuff like cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice on top of the ginger, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice. I also use some heavy cream and a bit of cornstarch. Homemade whipped cream is also a must. So good.
Oh, Randy, how I wish you to know how much I appreciate all your posts!
Maybe you would be able to start canning those items once you get them thawed out as not to lose anything in your freezers and fridge. Many people do that to save their hard earned money put up in the foods they save. Maybe you have a pressure canner or large stock pots.
I am just learning about doing the old fashioned ways of preserving, canning, and drying to save food for later times when we are either sick, or cannot get to town, or can’t afford them later [ I purchase when there is a really good sale ].
My husband and I will be praying for you especially along with our fellow Americans who are in the throws of this hurricane aftermath.
Heavenly Father, I lift up all the souls who have gone through and are continuing to go through this current disaster. Please allow Randy to not lose any of the food that he has so diligently put up for later times. Give him all the capabilities that he needs right now. Amen.
i wonder what “processed” pumpkin actually means? i still have a cup of last year’s pumpkin in the freezer, you think that’s processed enough?
Elithea-processed just means cooked so I’m sure it would work 🙂 Hope you enjoy it!
As Tipper says, anything you worked up and froze should be perfectly fine. Indeed, many of the times over the years I’ve made this pie it has been from frozen pumpkin I had worked up earlier. Momma made it long before I did, and while she usually started with a fresh pumpkin and worked it up (i.e., cut in quarter pieces, removed seeds, and baked in the oven until the flesh could easily be removed from the skin), she also used frozen pumpkin at times. You’ll be fine and I hope you like the end result.
I have thought about you and your family, especially seeing the devastation in your area. So grateful your family was able to let you know they are safe. I live in Florida, but on the east coast and we had strong winds and hardly any rain, but as you know, the north west of our state was his extremely hard. When we get hit and it’s not through here I am so happy, but I have guilt about being safe and having all the comforts of my home. God bless you all. I continue to pray for everyone in north east FL, NC, TN, GA and SC.
I am so happy Papaw And Nana have been able to text and relieve your fears. The pie recipe looks delicious. I definitely have to try it. Still keeping everyone affected by the storm in prayer. And Randy…I sure hope your electric comes back on sooner than you think. Take care.
Praise God Matt’s family are ok!!!! I continue to hold all in my prayers! The devastation is so heartbreaking! The pumpkin/squash pie sure looks good and I imagine maple syrup would make it even better. God bless you and yours❤❤
Praise be to the Lord! Praying for so many right now. It is more than the mind can take in or fathom. Just heartbreaking
Can’t wait to try this one…it looks soooo good. I would think that the ingredients might upset a child tummy…and while I am thinking about it…you said granddaughter????…don’t you have two grandsons?…God’s Blessings for Granny and you guys.
Glenda-this recipe is from Jim’s family 🙂 I edited the post to make that clearer.
I am glad to hear your kin folks are ok. I know what is it like to be worried about your family. I am blessed in that all of my family, friends, neighbors made it through the Hurricane safely. There has been some deaths around here that bothers me. Today is the start of day 5 without power, it is only causing me problems with trying to save my food that needs to be kept either cold or frozen. I have been running a generator since loosing power Friday, alternating between two refrigerators and freezers. I am sure I have lost some food and am beginning to think I am fighting a loosing battle. I have been laying here during the night thinking about what it would cost to give up, throw all of my cold food out and just start over after the power is restored. The latest estimate for the ones in my area is sometime next week. We will probably be some of the last ones to get it back on. They always go the “richer” areas first. I am trying to keep my spirits up, I have water and am able to cook and am only really suffering from trying to save my cold food. A cold water bath or shower is invigorating! I may have to wash some clothes out in a tub by hand. I’m thinking the “good old days” may not have been as good as we picture them being.
Randy, Even with the fact that you have no electricity right now, you are blessed to know what to do in these circumstances. When Hugo devastated our area and we were without power for two weeks, we made the most of it. We went down to the creek to bathe, got water from the spring to drink and cook with, and took our clothes to the creek and washed them by hand. We had just killed a hog and a steer and our freezers were full. I put up a rack out of an old refrigerator on some cement blocks and built a fire and started cooking. We fed a lot of people and made a good time out of a bad situation. Soon someone brought us hot ice to put in the freezers to keep the food frozen, so we were able to save what we didn’t cook.
My sisters house is under three feet of water right now. People on her street have lost everything. Some have no insurance and nowhere to go. Yet, they are out neighbors trying to help neighbors, and thanking God that they are still alive.
Randy, I am so thankful for you. I look forward to reading your posts every day. You seem to have a great attitude even when life is not so good to you, and I always enjoy what you have to say. Glad your people are safe and pray God blesses you in the coming days and always.