Spicy Pumpkin Pie

This clipping from The American Weekly supplement was stuck inside a copy of Household Magazine's Searchlight Recipe Book since the Truman Administration ~

Spicy Pumpkin Pie

½ tsp. salt
1-¼ tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
Dash nutmeg
⅓ cup boiling water
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup light brown sugar
1-½ cups canned pumpkin
1-⅔ cups evaporated milk

Combine salt and spices. Gradually stir in the boiling water. Add spice mixture and brown sugar, pumpkin, evaporated milk to eggs. Mix well. Pour into unbaked 9” pie shell and bake at 425 deg. F. for 15 min. Reduce heat to 350 deg. F. and bake for 40 min. Cool thoroughly out of drafts. Serve with whipped cream flavored with ½ tsp. vanilla and 1 tbsp. sugar.

Also, check out the partial ad on the back of the clipping. Looking back, it's hard to believe that some of America's greatest athletes were also heavy smokers, but Joltin' Joe was hardly the only legend to endorse brands like Chesterfield.