Ingredients
Scale
{1} 4 lb green {unripe} pumpkin to yield about 5 cups
5 cups peeled, sliced pumpkin {slice them to look like apple slices}
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
3 tbsp. flour
3 tbsp. butter, divided into 6 pieces
1 double pie crust {ready-made or homemade}
1 egg {for egg wash}
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Peel the green pumpkin, cut it in half and the quarters.
- Cut pumpkin quarters in to pieces that resemble apple slices to measure 5 cups and place in a large bowl.
- To the bowl add sugar, cinnamon, cram of tartar, nutmeg, flour and butter and toss.
- Pour pumpkin mixture into a prepared pie crust, add the top crust, crimp edges, and brush with egg wash.
- Bake at 45-50 minutes or until the pie crust is golden brown. Cool and serve with a big ole’ fat scoop of ice cream.